U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., blasted congressional Republicans on Saturday for seeking a “bluff” vote on her proposed Green New Deal -- a move that other Democrats have also derided as a political stunt. “The GOP’s whole game of wasting votes in Congress to target others ‘on the record’, for leg [legislation] they have no intent to pass, is a disgrace,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. Ocasio-Cortez has called climate change a "generational" issue, describing it as "our World War II" for younger people. “Leader McConnell thinks the Green New Deal is just a resolution, but the Green New Deal is a revolution,” said U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., one the plan’s lead authors. OCASIO-CORTEZ LOOKS FORWARD TO 'REAL VOTE' ON GREEN NEW DEAL AFTER MCCONNELL MANEUVERBy pushing for a vote, McConnell hopes to see how far Democrats are willing to go to align themselves with the party’s new progressive wing.

Source: Fox News March 24, 2019 10:18 UTC