United States Senators stood up for what they believed in todayand it wasnt pretty. During a debate over construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, intended to carry oil from Canada to the United States, the Senate voted on an amendmentjust for show, reallyon whether climate change is real and not a hoax. Easy questioneveryone said yes, its real. (Well, not everyone. Good job, Senator Roger Wicker, Republican from Missouri. You do not believe science.) But then Brian Schatz, Democrat from Hawaii, decided to push the issue. He introduced another amendment adding that human activity was a significant contributor to the aforementioned climate change. And the Senate voted again. <\/p>\n
The results? Ahem. Fifty US senators affirmed that they indeed do believe that the activities of human beings contribute to climate change. OK. But 49 senatorsfully half the upper house that represents our grand republicdo not. So, hey, you go out there and burn whatever carbon you want to? Not sure what to make of that. But we thought you might want to know just which representatives have absolved you of your responsibility to the planet. So heres a listof the senators who think climate change is some other species problem, and then the senators who wish wed maybe do something about it. <\/p>\n
Voted against the amendment (nayhuman activities dont contribute to climate change) <\/p>\n
Barrasso, John (R WY) Blunt, Roy (R MO) Boozman, John (R AR) Burr, Richard (R NC) Capito, Shelley Moore (R WV) Cassidy, Bill (R LA) Coats, Daniel (R IN) Cochran, Thad (R MS) Corker, Bob (R TN) Cornyn, John (R TX) Cotton, Tom (R AR) Crapo, Mike (R ID) Cruz, Ted (R TX) Daines, Steve (R MT) Enzi, Michael B. (R WY) Ernst, Joni (R IA) Fischer, Deb (R NE) Flake, Jeff (R AZ) Gardner, Cory (R CO) Grassley, Chuck (R IA) Hatch, Orrin G. (R UT) Heller, Dean (R NV) Hoeven, John (R ND) Inhofe, James M. (R OK) Isakson, Johnny (R GA) Johnson, Ron (R WI) Lankford, James (R OK) Lee, Mike (R UT) McCain, John (R AZ) McConnell, Mitch (R KY) Moran, Jerry (R KS) Murkowski, Lisa (R AK) Paul, Rand (R KY) Perdue, David (R GA) Portman, Rob (R OH) Risch, James E. (R ID) Roberts, Pat (R KS) Rounds, Mike (R SD) Rubio, Marco (R FL) Sasse, Ben (R NE) Scott, Tim (R SC) Sessions, Jeff (R AL) Shelby, Richard C. (R AL) Sullivan, Daniel (R AK) Thune, John (R SD) Tillis, Thom (R NC) Toomey, Patrick J. (R PA) Vitter, David (R LA) Wicker, Roger F. (R MS) <\/p>\n
Voted for the amendment (yea human activities contribute to climate change) <\/p>\n
Alexander, Lamar (R TN) Ayotte, Kelly (R NH) Baldwin, Tammy (D WI) Bennet, Michael F. (D CO) Blumenthal, Richard (D CT) Booker, Cory A. (D NJ) Boxer, Barbara (D CA) Brown, Sherrod (D OH) Cantwell, Maria (D WA) Cardin, Benjamin L. (D MD) Carper, Thomas R. (D DE) Casey, Robert P., Jr. (D PA) Collins, Susan M. (R ME) Coons, Christopher A. (D DE) Donnelly, Joe (D IN) Durbin, Richard J. (D IL) Feinstein, Dianne (D CA) Franken, Al (D MN) Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (D NY) Graham, Lindsey (R SC) Heinrich, Martin (D NM) Heitkamp, Heidi (D ND) Hirono, Mazie K. (D HI) Kaine, Tim (D VA) King, Angus S., Jr. (I ME) Kirk, Mark (R IL) Klobuchar, Amy (D MN) Leahy, Patrick J. (D VT) Manchin, Joe, III (D WV) Markey, Edward J.(D MA) McCaskill, Claire (D MO) Menendez, Robert (D NJ) Merkley, Jeff (D OR) Mikulski, Barbara A. (D MD) Murphy, Christopher (D CT) Murray, Patty (D WA) Nelson, Bill (D FL) Peters, Gary (D MI) Reed, Jack (D RI) Sanders, Bernard (I VT) Schatz, Brian (D HI) Schumer, Charles E. (D NY) Shaheen, Jeanne (D NH) Stabenow, Debbie (D MI) Tester, Jon (D MT) Udall, Tom (D NM) Warner, Mark R. (D VA) Warren, Elizabeth (D MA) Whitehouse, Sheldon (D RI) Wyden, Ron (D OR) <\/p>\n
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