Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘green New Deal’ blocked by Senate Republicans

The US Senate has defeated a proposal to take up the so-called Green New Deal as both parties shunned an opportunity to debate a comprehensive climate change plan offered by liberal Democrats.Majority Republicans forced the vote on Tuesday as they tried to turn the far-reaching Green New Deal into a wedge issue in the 2020 elections.Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been leading the charge with the ambitious package.