House passes climate change bill

The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed its first climate change bill in nearly a decade, voting 231-190 to require the Trump administration to keep the United States as a party to the Paris Climate Agreement.

The Climate Action Now Act would require President Donald Trump to develop a plan for the US to meet the goals it committed to in the Paris agreement to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide and block federal funds from being used to advance the formal US withdrawal from the pact.

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The bill, which passed as expected along party lines, with three Republicans backing the measure, was meant to signal to the international community that many Americans support the Paris agreement regardless of Trump's decision to abandon it.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will not take up the legislation, dismissing the bill as "political theatre" by Democrats.

  alJazeera

I would like to know which Republicans voted for it. Roll Call is on the case:

Reps. Elise Stefanik of New York, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Vern Buchanan of Florida voted with the Democrats. Four Republicans — including Florida’s Francis Rooney, who’s been an outspoken Republican voice on the dangers of climate change — did not vote. He’s in Florida recovering from knee replacement surgery.

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Many of the moderate House Republicans who wanted to act on climate change are no longer in Congress. Nearly half of the Republicans in the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus lost in last fall’s midterms.

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While more Republicans, especially younger voters, now say they believe in climate change, the party’s lawmakers largely remain concerned about the economic impact of climate regulations.

  Roll Call

And, rather than admit that, they're willing to look like idiots by claiming there's no problem? Honestly, I don't know why in this day and age Republicans still pretend.

Also, the final vote results for HR 9 on the House website lists the other Republicans not voting as Abraham, Crawford, and Loudermilk. It doesn't list where they're from. And seven Democrats didn't vote. What's their problem? Adams, Fudge, Hastings, Rouda, Thompson (MS), Titus and Vargas.

And, oh yeah, Ditch Mitch.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.