Democrats control the Senate, but instead of bringing up a Democrat-sponsored climate-change bill, a few dozen of them pulled an all-nigher on the Senate floor to draw attention to the issue. It's a clear indication that Democrats don't have the votes -- or the public support -- to pass their own climate-change legislation. And they blame the lack of bipartisanship on billionaire Republican donors and "all that dark money," as one Democrat described it.
When it was his
turn to speak, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) once again mentioned
the Koch brothers by name, blaming them for their alleged corrupting influence
on politics. "It’s time
to stop acting like those who ignore this (climate) crisis – the oil baron Koch
brothers and their allies in Congress – have a valid point of view," Reid
said.
This was Reid's third recent broadside at the conservative
"oil barons." .....To See More....
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Also read: Wealthy environmentalists push Democrat Harry Reid to lean-in to green energy
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