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The Senate roundly rejected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal as expected on Tuesday with not a single senator voting 'yes' for the progressive star's signature policy initiative.
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Democrats slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for holding a 'sham' vote on the matter - it was a non-binding resolution, meaning it had no force of law, and needed 60 votes to advance in the legislative process, which was an impossible task given Democrats only have 47 votes in their corner.
Most of the Democrats voted 'present' in protest while Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin, who represents the red state of West Virginia; Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona; and Doug Jones of Alabama voted no, as did Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats.
The final vote was 57 nays and 43 present.
originally posted by: trustmeimdoctor
a reply to: rickymouse
Dumping chemicals can be cheaper. I'd dump that crap anywhere I could. The environment isn't special. We'll have another home planet soon enough. We'll probably gain superpowers if we keep ingesting enough chemicals also.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: incoserv
She didn't even vote for her own idea, and people are worried about her.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: incoserv
She didn't even vote for her own idea, and people are worried about her.
originally posted by: mobiusmale
Well, she is not in the Senate so...
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: incoserv
She didn't even vote for her own idea, and people are worried about her.
originally posted by: trustmeimdoctor
a reply to: rickymouse
Dumping chemicals can be cheaper. I'd dump that crap anywhere I could. The environment isn't special. We'll have another home planet soon enough. We'll probably gain superpowers if we keep ingesting enough chemicals also.
originally posted by: StallionDuck
a reply to: incoserv
Woah! 57-0??? Is that a record?
Look, if your idea gets voted down "For = 0", you just rolled a fumble (d20 = 0) and just shot yourself in the face! You should be kicked out right then and there. You proved that not even the democrats want you. That's pretty damn low.
"You rolled a ZERO. You slipped on a small, mysterious puddle left behind by Joe Biden and cracked your head on a pew. Oddly enough, there was no evidence of grey matter in your cranium shell. You are dead, never to be allowed among the democratic party again by reason of utter and complete stupidity. Even more stupidity than the democratic party could possible muster on their own".