Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised the chamber would vote on a resolution outlining the scope of the Green New Deal within 'the next couple weeks'
The ambitious climate change proposal has been relentlessly attacked by Republican leaders, who devoted most of their weekly press conference to it and discussed it at their weekly policy lunches.
“The Green New Deal is a green raw deal that’s going to destroy our rural areas," Sen. Joni Ernst said today. "I really wish our colleagues would be serious about this.” The GOP attacks come as Democratic leaders vowed to continue pressing Republican leaders to outline their own plan on climate change and praised young climate advocates for spurring discussion of the issue.
"It’s our job to channel the energy of those young people — wonderful energy, I’m so glad it’s out there — into bold legislation that addresses the climate crises head on," Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the floor. "And that’s exactly what Democrats will do, even if Republicans continue to play these political games in their efforts to keep their heads in the sand and ignore that climate change is real.
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