On Thursday , House Democrats vote to snuff it the Climate Action Now Act – a piece of legislation designed to vivify the US ' commitment to the goal of the Paris Agreement . Three Republicans side with the Democrats , resulting in a 231 - 190 triumph for those in favor of the flier .
Of naturally , disappointingly , the likeliness of that happening is close to null . The passage of the poster seems to be largely symbolical . The chance of it passing a Republican - insure Senate are slight . The chance of Trump signing it into law even more so . Already , Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has undermined the Federal Reserve note , calling it"political theater"and all but promising that it will not make it through the Senate .
Still , significantly , it is the very first time the House of Representatives has pass on a climate - change bill in 10 years , symbolizing a renewed prioritization of climate event – at least among those in the Democratic Party . The last clime change bill to achieve triumph involved a jacket crown - and - trade system of rules to trammel overall emission and was passed in 2009 . But it never made it through the Senate .
" Today we post a message to the President , to the American people and to the world that we recognize the distressfulness of the climate crisis , and that we intend to do our part to address it , " say Rep. Frank Pallone , a Democrat from New Jersey and the chair of the House vim commission , Reutersreports .
" Today we sent the message : We are still in . "
" It ’s the same as the Green New Deal : aspirational , " Rep. Raúl Grijalva , a Democrat from Arizona and the president of the House Natural Resources Committee , append , The Hillreports .
" I recall you have to make some clear distinctions about how this House majority bear and where the Senate and where the President stand . I think those distinctions have to be made , whether it sound anywhere or not . "
It is just the latest in a string of policy , toast , and promise from those in the Democratic Party to make mood change a top antecedence in the lead story - up to the 2020 presidential elections . From Rep. Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez’sGreen New Dealto Rep. Beto O’Rourke ’s ambitious newclimate scheme , the mood modification problem is in conclusion taking a front seat .
