Ahead of the Green New Deal vote, Chuck Schumer accused Mitch McConnell of using political theater to hide his lack of a plan to address a warming planet.
A Green New Deal proposal backed by numerous Democrats failed to advance in the Senate on Tuesday as Democrats protested what they called a political show vote orchestrated by majority Republicans.
Democrats have pushed for drastic action to combat climate change as the planet warms and severe weather events such as recent Midwestern flooding have devastated U.S. communities. They say the U.S. has only a limited window to combat climate change and address an existential threat. "Republicans want to force this political stunt to distract from the fact that they neither have a plan nor a sense of urgency to deal with the threat of climate change. With this exercise, the Republican majority has made a mockery of the legislative process," the New York Democrat said Tuesday.
"This is nonsense," McConnell said of the Green New Deal."And if you're going to sign on to nonsense, you ought to have to vote for nonsense."
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