"WASHINGTON — The Senate blocked consideration of the Green New Deal on Tuesday, ending a Republican effort to hitch Democratic presidential candidates to the climate plan and paint Democrats as out-of-touch socialists and fantasists.
The resolution that Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, put to a test vote called on the federal government to rapidly eliminate planet-warming fossil fuel emissions; accelerate the deployment of wind, solar and other zero-carbon energy sources; and create a national jobs program.
But the procedural motion simply to take up the Green New Deal failed to get a single vote. Democrats, including those who were sponsors of the resolution, denounced the move as a sham intended to divide their party and provide Republicans with election-season talking points. They overwhelmingly voted “present” on the motion, and it failed, 0 to 57."
Lisa Friedman reports for the New York Times March 26, 2019, with Emily Cochrane.
SEE ALSO:
"What K Street's Saying About the Green New Deal" (E&E Daily)
"Republicans Bash The Green New Deal, But They’re Struggling For An Alternative" (McClatchy)
"The 3 Democrats Who Voted Against the Green New Deal" (Atlantic)
"Republicans Defeat Green New Deal In U.S. Senate Vote Democrats Call A Stunt" (Reuters)
"Senate GOP Blocks Formation Of Climate Change Committee" (The Hill)
"GOP’s Green New Deal Vote Fails to Divide Senate Democrats" (U.S. News)
"Democrats Point To Midwest Flood Victims To Counter GOP’s Green New Deal Attacks" (HuffPost)
"Lawmakers See Legislative Opening After Green New Deal Vote" (E&E Daily)
"Campaign 2020: White House Contenders Toe Party Line On Green New Deal" (ClimateWire)
"Senate Blocks Green New Deal, But Climate Change Emerges As Key 2020 Issue" (NPR)
"GOP Counteroffer To Green New Deal Hinges On Research" (ClimateWire)
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