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0 Votes for the Green New Deal

0 Votes for the Green New Deal
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Senate Democrats largely held together in boycotting what they decried as a “sham” vote forced by Republicans on the ambitious Green New Deal.

The vote on the procedural motion failed on a 0-57 margin, with 43Democrats voting “present” to protest the GOP tactics.

Just three Democrats — Sens. Doug Jones (Ala.), Joe Manchin (W.Va.) andKyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) — broke with their party to vote against the proposal for massive clean energy and infrastructure investments to rapidly slash greenhouse gas emissions and attempt to break economic inequality. The rest voted present, including six presidential candidates who co-sponsored the non-binding resolution S.J. Res. 8. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who caucuses with Democrats, also joined Republicans in voting no on Tuesday.

“While I appreciate the renewed conversation around climate change that the Green New Deal and its supporters have sparked, I think we need to focus on real solutions that recognize the role fossil fuels will continue to play," Manchin said in a statement after the vote. "That’s why I voted against the resolution today."
Source: Politico
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