The Democratic measure is unlikely to pass the GOP-controlled Senate. But House leaders hope to use it paint Trump and other Republicans as backward on climate change.
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.
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