Roskam (R-IL06) W. LCV Lifetime Score Of 3, Has Joined The Climate "Solutions" Caucus

[hatrack]

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The Chicago Sun Times calls the battle between challenger Sean Casten (D) and incumbent Rep. Peter Roskam (R) in Illinois’ 6th congressional district, “the Chicago area’s hottest congressional race.”

But the race — which the Cook Political Report currently labels a “toss-up” — is also one of the starkest choices voters face on global warming. Casten, a clean energy entrepreneur has made climate action and clean energy his signature issue. Just last week, he told a group of voters that global warming is “the single biggest existential threat we face as a species.”

In contrast, Roskam described climate science as “junk science” in 2006, and he had a shockingly low 3 percent rating from the League of Conservation Voters on its environmental scorecard of last year’s voting records.

Roskam joined the “Climate Solutions Caucus” in May, just two months after Casten won the Democratic primary. But the caucus has been widely criticized for admitting Republicans who are “climate peacocks” — those who just want to put on a display of caring about climate change, without actually having to follow that up with action.

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https://thinkprogress.org/chicago-hottest-house-race-climate-hawk-might-unseat-peacock-e3214cdfd3ab/

[beachbum bob]

1. Roskam needs to plan his retirement a after Novembers election, he will be jobless

This one flip that is certain to happen, especially if trump gets invovled