senators that want to run, does it put them in a tough spot? yes, no question. the base of their party wants this. there s a reason this has been introduced, because they view the need for radical change in the way which we approach energy in this country and the economy in this country and climb change in this country. mcconnell, because he s been in politics for so long, that s how you get to not crack a smile in that clip you showed where he s talking about he wants to have a vote on the green new deal. he is doing this purely for show reasons. he wants to put these people on the record. i will note that mitch mcconnell during the government shutdown repeatedly rejected the idea of show votes because he said it was pointless. well, this is a show vote 100%. is the prerogative of the leader in charge of the chamber.
mitch mcconnell, he could have brought a fwhiel floor during the shutdown and a lot of people feel it would have passed but his thing is if the president s not going to sign it, we re not going to have show votes. today he announced they re going to have a show vote on the green new deal. you going to vote for the green new deal? ia think this is a brilliant troll by your colleague from kentuck kentucky you know we re for what we re for. we need a moon shot like john f kennedy says year going to put a man on the moon as a measure of america s innovation, entrepreneurial spirit. why not make the same call to action to say let s make a greener economy. part of the green new deal there s important components like clean air and water as a right. cleaning up all these superfund sites and brown fields, making
and klobuchar supports the green new deal. cory booker does as well. it s a test that mitch mcconnell wants to put to the test on the floor. jake, explain this. i thought mcconnell wasn t down with show votes. he is down. this is not going to pass. i think democrats are going to say this is a political stunt and we re not going to engage and they re going to vote against it. it is widely moved by him. it s going to be a republican talking point and something just like when he used to put the obama budget on the floor. no one voted for it. he was able to say all senate democrats voted against the president s budget. i was going to say amy klobuchar, you don t hear the president talk about her too much. i think the people he doesn t talk about are the people he s most worried about. we shall see. after the break paul manafort has another closed door court hearing today. it s what happened in a closed
brought a fwhiel floor during the shutdown and a lot of people feel it would have passed but his thing is if the president s not going to sign it, we re not going to have show votes. today he announced they re going to have a show vote on the green new deal. you going to vote for the green new deal? ia think this is a brilliant troll by your colleague from kentucky you know we re for what we re for. we need a moon shot like john f kennedy says year going to put a man on the moon as a measure of america s innovation, entrepreneurial spirit. why not make the same call to action to say let s make a greener economy. part of the green new deal there s important components like clean air and water as a right. cleaning up all these superfund sites and brown fields, making sure we invest in green
the republican party wants to once and for all put an end to unstoppable crime and drugs. border security and wall, no doubt. he then tweeted what you expect to become a new trump catch phrase, build a wall and crime will fall. democrats showing as much resolve, senator chuck schumer saying moments ago, the democrat plan, in his view, asks so little. the president s proposal demands a wall and radical legal immigration changes in exchange for opening up the government. the second vote demands nothing in exchange for opening up the government. so the first vote, unless you do it my way, i m keeping the government shut down. that s the trump amendment. our amendment. open up the government and then let s talk. the first vote is completely partisan. the first vote is the president s hostage taking position codified into an amendment. cnn s manu raju live on capitol hill. manu, are these show votes or