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Mitch McConnell is going to force the Senate to vote on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal
CNBC ^ | 2/12/19 | By Tucker Higgins

Posted on 02/12/2019 12:28:37 PM PST by NohSpinZone

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the Senate would vote on the "Green New Deal" introduced by Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last week.

"I've noted with great interest the Green New Deal, and we're going to be voting on that in the Senate to give everybody an opportunity to go on record," McConnell told reporters.

The bill, which is not expected to pass the GOP-dominated upper chamber, could force some Democrats to make a politically awkward calculation.

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Mitch wants names to run campaign ads in upcoming elections. Let's see the RATS put their mouths where our money is.
1 posted on 02/12/2019 12:28:37 PM PST by NohSpinZone
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To: NohSpinZone

Senatorial version of assisted suicide.


2 posted on 02/12/2019 12:29:50 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: NohSpinZone

Damn. That is almost balls.


3 posted on 02/12/2019 12:30:56 PM PST by 2banana (Were you)
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To: NohSpinZone

measure passes on first ballot. The US plunges into chaos


4 posted on 02/12/2019 12:31:02 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: NohSpinZone

Finally Mitch is forcing a vote on something substantial.

Where was he in voting for a repeal of ObamaCare, tax reforms, immigration laws, and etc.?


5 posted on 02/12/2019 12:31:59 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: NohSpinZone

Mitch reminds me of a journeyman quarterback who’s been in the league 18 years and on 7 teams because he’s not always awful but just too inconsistent to be a starter.


6 posted on 02/12/2019 12:33:00 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: 2banana

Wish Mitch would work that hard in getting the wall money..but making the Dems look like the commie idiots they are is a good start


7 posted on 02/12/2019 12:34:14 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Publius

Very few Dem Senators up in 2022. Even fewer vulnerable ones I would assume. The Senate races are heavily skewed to the GOP in 2020. Although I imagine some will retire than run again and support POTUS.


8 posted on 02/12/2019 12:35:42 PM PST by lodi90
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Pelosi: "The green dream or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they're for it right?"

I guess she'll have to pass the bill to know what's in it, right? /ha!

9 posted on 02/12/2019 12:35:43 PM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: NohSpinZone

Good news that Mitch will force a vote!


10 posted on 02/12/2019 12:38:35 PM PST by KMac1945 (99% Lurker, before joining FR lurked since 2008)
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No. Don’t do it. All the dems will all vote no. Better to keep bashing them and make them distance themselves without the vote


11 posted on 02/12/2019 12:38:56 PM PST by BRL
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You NEVER EVER EVER put something up for a vote, that you don’t want.

More Democrats than he thinks will vote for it.

If it get 25% of the votes, it will afford more validity to the idea than ridicule of it.

It will be described as progress, the best ever showing regarding Leftist’s ideas.

This will give Leftists cover the next times

Mitch is too smart by half.


12 posted on 02/12/2019 12:40:37 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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Has the House voted on this?

All those Rat House freshman can’t “en masse” to support this and expect to retain their seats! Not all come from loony districts!

Only the truly stupid would vote for it.


13 posted on 02/12/2019 12:44:01 PM PST by Reily
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To: PIF

ROTFLOL!!!


14 posted on 02/12/2019 12:45:46 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: NohSpinZone

What if it passed?


15 posted on 02/12/2019 12:47:33 PM PST by lurk
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“All the dems will all vote no. Better to keep bashing them and make them distance themselves without the vote”

There is always that chance, however if all the Dems vote no and the Republicans vote no maybe that will shut AOC up for a minute or two.


16 posted on 02/12/2019 12:47:56 PM PST by Clutch Martin (TheSant trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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I think your analysis is spot-on. It will give legitimacy to the whole ridiculous thing and it will gain traction. Bad idea.

It should be buried and never see the light of day. Better to let Little Miss Muffet whine about it all day long.


17 posted on 02/12/2019 12:49:13 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: NohSpinZone

Screw the turtle like he has been screwing us. He is the most dishonest leader the senate has ever seen, and weak beyond belief. He says one thing while pulling the levers behind the scenes to do just the opposite. The wall being a key example.


18 posted on 02/12/2019 12:49:43 PM PST by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: Reily
Only the truly stupid would vote for it.

Well, thank out lucky stars there are no truly stupid people in our great land and CERTAINLY no truly stupid people in Congress.

19 posted on 02/12/2019 12:50:17 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: xzins

It gets worse: AOC assumes Presidency by popular acclaim ... nation rejoices


20 posted on 02/12/2019 12:53:14 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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