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McConnell to bring Green New Deal to vote, forcing 2020 Dems to go on record on radical plan
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate will vote on the Green New Deal – endorsed by nearly all top 2020 Democratic presidential candidates – in an effort to force Democrats to officially go on the record for the radical proposal.

“I’ve noted with great interest the Green New Deal,” McConnell told reporters. “And we’re going to be voting on that in the Senate. We’ll give everybody an opportunity to go on record and see how they feel about the Green New Deal.”


The Green New Deal proposal, concocted by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has been widely mocked following the chaotic rollout and circulation of a now-infamous FAQ document about the plan.

The radical proposal, which aims to transform the U.S. with a New Deal-type of mobilization in a bid to combat climate change, came under scrutiny after revelations that the FAQ document included passages promising a job to “all people of the United States” – including those “unwilling to work” – and essentially getting rid of the air travel industry.

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“We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast,” the now-deleted document also read.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mcconnell-to-bring-green-new-deal-to-vote-forcing-2020-democrats-to-officially-sign-their-name-onto-radical-plan

But McConnell’s move to bring the plan to a vote on the Senate floor will be a key test for Democratic presidential candidates such as Sens. Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, who are running on the progressive platform in 2020.