Article snippet: The Senate will hold a vote on the Green New Deal, an environmental and energy plan touted by progressives, Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday. McConnell told reporters after a meeting of the Senate Republican caucus that he has “great interest” in the plan, which would spell an end for coal, a key economic driver in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky, while promising new jobs for out-of-work miners and other workers. “We’ll give everybody an opportunity to go on record and see how they feel about the Green New Deal,” McConnell said. McConnell did not say when the vote would happen. McConnell spokesman Don Stewart said the vote has not been scheduled. Progressives, led by Rep. MORE (D-Mass.), introduced the climate change resolution last week. It strives for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and creating millions of "good, high-wage jobs,” among other goals. But it does not prescribe specific steps to reach those goals, and is merely a “sense of the Senate” measure. The deal has no chance of passing the Senate, where it will need 51 votes and faces united opposition from Republicans, who hold 53 of the chamber’s 100 seats. But it will force Senate Democrats, including a slew of 2020 presidential candidates, to vote on the proposal — potentially providing votes for McConnell and the GOP to exploit politically. “It’s astonishing to see this many presidential candidates moving so far to the left on a position that is going to ra... Link to the full article to read more