Senate Democrats largely held together in boycotting what they decried as a “sham” vote forced by Republicans on the ambitious Green New Deal
.margin, with 43Democrats voting “present” to protest the GOP tactics.Just three Democrats — Sens. Doug Jones , Joe Manchin andKyrsten Sinema — 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.
King told POLITICO he voted no "because I don’t think the resolution was very good." In a statement from his office, King said he wanted to see action on climate change but was "concerned that the overly aggressive goals in the resolution ... are unrealistic and far too broad.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Sen. Bernie Sanders , a co-sponsor of the resolution and leading presidential candidate, voted present with the rest of the Democratic caucus. Republicans have railed against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey’s resolution as a “disastrous socialist vision” and “a big green bomb.”
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