Democrats dismiss GOP "trolling" against Green New Deal

Democrats are struggling for a GOP effort aimed at pitting senators against the party's recently restored progressive base.

Republicans, recently out of a border funding battle that they are widely perceived as having lost, are eager to go on the offensive when they hunt for fodder for 2020, when several Democratic senators will run for president.

Republicans say Majority Leader in Senate Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellThe green coup of the GOP's Green New Deal is a good deal for Democrats. The United States will be plagued by the national emergency. Trump: McConnell should keep the Senate in session until the approval of the nominees SUITE (R-Ky.) Reflects on a series of votes to try to pin down Democratic senators, whom he has repeatedly tried to paint because repelled by the "radical left". His first step this week was to accelerate the "New Green". Deal "resolution by putting it on the Senate calendar.

But the biggest democrats are eliminating the potential political fallout from McConnell's tactics, likening them to a "political coup."

Sen. Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinTrump congratulates the police for their intervention in the Illinois case. Five people were killed at a manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois. (Ill.), Democrat Senator No. 2, said that Republicans used a routine maneuver because it "amuses some senators with modest ideas."

"How many times have Republicans tried to call for a Democratic budget resolution and the Democrats have been trying to call the Republican budget resolution … to embarrass the president's party?" Asked Durbin. "This is not a new tactic, it is old school. He will do it, we do it. Everyone does it. "

Instead, the Democrats are trying to reverse the situation and highlight the Republicans' environmental record, saying they've done nothing to fight climate change since they took control of the chamber in 2015.

Leader of the Senate Minority Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerGOP The green coup of the Green New Deal is a good deal for Democrats National Emergency Statement – a legal fight that will likely win the House of Magistrates of the House of Representatives of the Judiciary Dems is looking for Answers on the Trump PLUS national emergency declaration (D-N.Y.), In a long speech, described the McConnell movement as a "cheap and cynical political ploy" and "useless party game." He added that the GOP leader should "put it forward".

"You think it could embarrass the Democrats to vote on a non – binding resolution that some of us could support but not others?" He asked. "Believe me, everything will be fine because the American people know that our entire party believes that climate change is happening and that it is caused by humans."

Sen. Sheldon WhitehouseSheldon WhitehouseGOP: the green coup of the Green New Deal is a good deal for the Democrats Pence kept silent after talking about Trump in the Munich speech New battle lines at war against the legal choices of Trump MORE (DR.I.), who gives a weekly speech entitled "Time to wake up", quickly rallied to Schumer, claiming that he was a "proud caucus member" bring it ". "

Sen. Brian SchatzBrian Emanuel SchatzGOP The Green Bash of the New Deal is a Good Deal for Democrats Trump Defends Using the DOD Funds on the Border Wall: "Some of the Generals Think It's More Important" Night Health Care – sponsored by 340B US hospitals – Lobby for co-sponsors for new "Health Insurance for All | Court lets Dems defend ObamaCare | Flu season is less intense than last year, according to the CDC. (D-Hawaii) accused the Republicans of "misinterpreting the moment" and said McConnell "followed" the Democrats.

"It's supposed to be the biggest deliberative body in the world. That's not Twitter, "Schatz said," It's supposed to be where we solve the biggest problems facing the US It's not where we're dragging any of them. " other.

After a year of extreme weather, including fires and hurricanes, and reporting that 2018 was one of the hottest years ever recorded, Democrats say they have public opinion on their side.

Two polls released in January revealed that a majority of Americans believe that climate change is occurring.

According to a poll by the University of Chicago and the Associated Press, more than 70% of Americans were of this opinion. Meanwhile, 73% told researchers at Yale University and George Mason University that global warming was occurring, marking a 10-point change from March 2015.

The Green New Deal, which targets net greenhouse gas emissions in the United States while creating millions of "good, high-paying jobs," has no chance of moving to the Senate, where it needs 60 voice to move forward.

Republicans argue that a vote on this measure will force Democrats to get "on the record" by 2020, and they look forward to harnessing the complex dynamics of the party, which includes Democrats in the United States. Red state and several senators who run for president.

In addition to the Green New Deal, Republicans are considering proposals welcomed by progressives, including "Medicare for all".

McConnell also decided to vote later this month on a bill demanding that medical care be provided to infants who survive an abortion after Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) unleashed a political storm after his comments about a proposed abortion bill by the state. legislature.

Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamGraham: It's more urgent for Kentucky children to have a secure border than the new White House school, the GOP defending Trump's emergency declaration (RS.C.), one of many GOP Senators to have run for presidential election in 2016, had predicted that the Democratic presidential race would inevitably reverberate into operations. of the Senate.

"I think it was hard for the conference to gel," he said.

And the "bring it" mantra from Liberal leaders and senators comes as moderates mistrust Sen's proposal. Ed MarkeyEdward (Ed) John MarkeyGOP The Green Bash of the New Green Deal is a Great Deal for Democrats The Green New Deal of Resolution Invites to a Ruling Overview We Can Have a Green New Deal and Air Travel Also MORE (D-Mass.) And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezNew York hates Amazon Tech's efforts in search of lessons learned from Amazon HQ2 Tax policies of the rich are raging in the United States MORE (D-N.Y.).

Only 12 senators endorsed the resolution in the Senate. Schumer, in his speech, called McConnell to allow Democrats to propose amendments as soon as the resolution is put to a vote.

Sen. Debbie StabenowDeborah (Debbie) Ann StabenowThe Congress Must Rally to Protect Home Healthcare Medicare The Hill & # 39; s Morning – Presented by the American Academy of HIV Medicine – Is There a Tragedy? last minute stop? Night Health Care – Sponsored by US 340B Hospitals – Utah Tests Trump on Medicaid Expansion | Dems Deploys Medicare Buy-In Proposal | Medicare for all could be heard next month | A group of doctors face political risks related to firearms MORE (D-Mich.), Member of the Democratic leadership, said at an Axios event that, even though she understood the "passion" of the subject, "a little more time, a little more communication, a little more contribution from a wider variety of people on the language would have made a difference. "

Sen. Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinSenate confirms Trump's selection by William Barr, as new Attorney General GOP wants to oppose Ocasio-Cortez to Democrats in Senate Senate is about to confirm Trump's choice of prosecutor (D-W.Va.), Who represents a state that stepped sharply towards Trump in 2016, compared the gradual proposal to a "dream" instead of a concrete agreement.

Sen. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownGOP The green coup of the Green New Deal is a good deal for Democrats Sherrod Brown is arguing for a Medicare membership proposal in place of "Medicare for all". The major issue is Trump, Dems: open discussions on the price of drugs PLUS (D-Ohio), a purple state senator who is pondering his own candidacy for the White House, backed a "new ecological agreement" at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast, but did not Did not specifically approve the Ocio-Cortez resolution, anticipating that there would be "all kinds of specific laws on all sorts of issues that arise."

Sen. Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael Kaine Defends the night: Trump declares the border emergency | .6B in military construction fund to use for the wall | Trump thinks Obama would have started the war with North Korea | Pentagon dispatches aid to Venezuelan migrants Kaine asks Shanahan if military families would be injured by transferring .6B to the Clinton border wall on GOP promoting Trump "stronger" quote: Copy now my policies also MORE (D-Va.) Added that there should be no "litmus test", be it in energy policy or other major issues such as health care.

"I think when it was introduced, it seemed obvious that it would happen," he said of McConnell's decision to impose a vote. "But you know, I do not mind voting on stuff."