Democratic Party officials oppose debate focused on climate change

The Democratic National Committee has rejected a proposal for an official climate change debate for the party’s presidential candidates.

The measure failed 17-8 before the DNC’s resolutions committee. Party officials, including DNC Chair Tom Perez, have opposed tweaking the party’s debate rules to allow candidates to share a stage for single-issue debates.

Advocates for the climate change debate could try to bring up the measure again at the party’s general session later this weekend. The young organizers, along with Democrats like New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have helped push climate change to the center of the Democratic primary. Nearly all of the party’s presidential candidates are putting forward their own environmental policy proposals, and many will participate in a climate-focused town hall hosted by CNN next month. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., released his Green New Deal proposal on Thursday.

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