A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should work in cooperation with the international community and continue to exercise global leadership to address the causes and effects of climate change, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Oct 31, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6344-6346)
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedOct 31, 2019
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
This resolution urges the United States to work with the international community to address the causes and effects of climate change and remain a party to the Paris Agreement and the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 31, 2019 to Dec 3, 2019; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Oct 31, 2019 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Nov 5, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Nov 5, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Nov 5, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Dec 3, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Oct 31, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 31, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Oct 31, 2019Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6344-6346)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6881 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD | Dec 5, 2019 |
| Senate | Text printed S6345 | — | Oct 31, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should work in cooperation with the international community and continue to exercise global leadership to address the causes and effects of climate change, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 31, 2019Introduced in Senate
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