House Speaker Nancy Pelosi turns her party's attention to climate change as she leads an event to introduce the Climate Action Now Act.
“Passing this bill is an important signal to our allies, and my expectation is that when we act we’ll see increased ambition from them too,” Rep. Kathy Castor , lead sponsor of the legislation, told reporters a day before the vote. The bill would defund any effort by the federal government to withdraw from the agreement, and would a compel Trump come up with a plan for meeting the United States’ Paris targets.
The differing standards for the United States and its chief economic rival became a bone of contention for Republicans, who raised this issue again ahead of the passage of the bill. “We really don’t need a Paris climate agreement” to reduce emissions, Rep. John Shimkus , the top Republican on the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on climate change and the environment, said during floor debate.
And unlike progressive star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal, Pelosi and other House leaders backed it.
Lol it’s kind of cute. Pass a bill, waste time, money and intellect in something that’s going no where. Paris climate agreement was a stupid money transfer to Asia. China go unregulated for ten more years but we have to cut 28% from our 2005 levels? GTFO
Jessica29078533 Dead on arrival, baby!
Who wants to pass a HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR through the Paris Accord people? The money part is mandatory. The climate part is voluntary. If you’re serious about climate, the PA is a joke. If you’re serious about wealth redistribution, PA is massively important.
Complete waste of time and money.
Why? We are doing better.
Yass!
Another show-vote waste of taxpayer time and money. The deranged Democrat House Bill will end up in the Senate trash bin where it belongs.
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Why don't the Democrat work on things that the President will sign ! this is Insane !
brianroewe Only to be vetoed by Senate or Trump. This is all so pointless.
DOA
And who can trust the USA at all? Right, Nobody can trust the USA. You spy and lie to your allies and you call them names. Nope the USA is beyond saving that much has the last 50 years and the last 18 in particular thought us!
Lol do they know the president has to sign it 😂
Political move knowing it'll never make it through the Senate.
China and India can't get enough of the Paris Climate Accord ...
They just love to throw away our tax dollars!
Finaly a change which will bring real change in the World at large. As the absence has created too much obstacles in the past. As ClimateChange really Matter & it's effect's need to be addressed carefully all over the World.Solution's needs to be implemented as soon as possible!
Remember how that 'painting technique' worked on HR1? I don't either.
Force nothing. We the GOP has to approve it. Pelosi lies everyday
That will go over like a fart in church.
Senate will kill it. Waste of time.
This is BS. “passing” bills in just the House is a meaningless waste of time. Theater!
Good luck getting that tree huggin bill anywheres
ROFL! What a joke.
Good..fuk Trump
That Agreement is bad for both, America and the Cimate. It gives the biggest polluters the opportunity to continue polluting for free until 2030 and America just have to pay ? The Agreement should be changed before we re-enter.
When are the Democrats going to start thinking about the American people instead of their hate Trump agenda and their obstruct and resist losing platform! MSM and the Democrats are causing great divide in America, Putin is probably proud of the Democrats and the MSM! MAGA
The pity is that everyone knows the Paris Climate Accord was a joke, an accord with little in the way of teeth yet the Democrats feel this is a hill worth dying on. Good luck with that, our energy independence is one of the reasons we're in such good shape.
Will be vetoed anyway
die in the senate.. thank God! MAGA!
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Good political strategy. Show Trump and Republicans moving in the opposite direction of scientific evidence.
Thank you Congress!!!
Look at these gross people, wasting everyone's time appeasing their kook base with senseless bills that will go nowhere. These are horrid people.
So cute when they try to be relevant
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RussiaHoax ClimateHoax just more BS from the DemocratesDestroyingAmerica