Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday the U.S. Senate would v...
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday the U.S. Senate would vote in coming weeks on the “Green New Deal,” an ambitious Democratic environmental proposal that has become a lightning rod for Republican criticism.
Other Republicans speaking to reporters at the Capitol denounced the plan, which aims to slash U.S. carbon dioxide emissions to negligible levels in a decade. Republicans have pounced on the proposal, saying it was too expensive and would raise taxes and energy costs. Republican President Donald Trump’s administration opposes action on climate change and favors boosting U.S. production of oil, gas and coal.
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