Democrats Outsmart Mitch McConnell With Resolution Supporting Pope Francis On Climate Change

[arcane1]

A group of liberal Senate Democrats turned the tables on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today by introducing a resolution supporting Pope Francis’ views on climate change and calling on the Senate to immediately act.

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) introduced the resolution along with Sen. Franken introduced with Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Tom Udall (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI.).

The Senators wrote, “The Senate stands with Pope Francis and the scientific consensus that human activity is the primary driver of climate change; present climate trends are unsustainable; and immediate action must be taken to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit the deleterious effects of human-induced climate change.”

The resolution was a very clever move by Senate Democrats to highlight the climate change denial of Mitch McConnell and other Senate Republicans. Because of the Pope’s liberal positions on a number of economic and environmental issues, his upcoming address before a joint session of Congress could be very uncomfortable for Republicans.

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http://www.politicususa.com/2015/08/05/democrats-outsmart-mitch-mcconnell-resolution-supporting-pope-francis-climate-change.html




This should turn out to be a very interesting address.

[Johnyawl]

1. Given the Pope's rather conservative views...

...on homosexuality, birth control and abortions, I can imagine a scenario where nobody comes out of that address very happy.

[arcane1]

3. Indeed, that's one of the things I find most interesting about how this will go n/t

[elias49]

2. How sweet! Clever move.

Maybe Bernie's the right guy after all.He's loosening up and finding a voice IMO.
But it's hard to counterbalance the media..the 4th estate.