Senate Votes on Green New Deal

Posted on AllSides March 27th, 2019

On Tuesday, “Senators voted 57-0 against [taking] up the nonbinding [Green New Deal] resolution, which calls for the U.S. to shift away from fossil fuels such as oil and coal and replace them with renewable sources such as wind and solar power… Three Democrats and independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats, joined all 53 Senate Republicans in opposing the climate plan. Forty-three Democrats voted ‘present’ to protest the GOP’s action.” (AP News)

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