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Article snippet: Sen. MORE (D-N.Y.) in headlining a rally Monday to support the Green New Deal resolution, a progressive proposal that calls for sweeping reforms to combat climate change. Monday's rally at Howard University will mark the end of the Sunrise Movement's nationwide "Road to a Green New Deal Tour." About 1,500 people are expected to attend, including Sen. MORE (D-Mass.), who introduced the Green New Deal earlier this year with Ocasio-Cortez. The news comes days after Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez announced legislation proposing new restraints on predatory lenders. Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders on Thursday unveiled the measure, which would cap credit card and consumer loan interest rates at 15 percent. Ocasio-Cortez this week also said she's "entertaining" the idea of throwing her support behind a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, saying that Sanders and Sen. MORE (D-Mass.) appear to be strong options. Monday's rally comes as climate change has emerged as one of the top issues in the 2020 Democratic primary. Both Sanders, who is running for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, and Ocasio-Cortez have criticized in recent days a reported plan by former Vice President MORE that is being pegged as a “middle ground” approach to addressing global warming. “There is no ‘middle ground’ when it comes to climate policy. If we don't commit to fully transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels, we will doom future generations,” Sanders tweeted on Friday following... Link to the full article to read more