Brian Fitzpatrick in Mother Jones magazine


On Environment: Rated 71% by League of Conservation Voters, highest in GOP

What about the Climate Solutions Caucus in the House, the growing bipartisan caucus whose 70 members are equally divided between Republicans and Democrats? One might expect the caucus Republicans to earn higher scores than their party overall, and technically they did score a bit better than their House peers. But their average 16 percent score is still a failing grade.

[The Climate Solutions Caucus's] critics charge the caucus has expanded its size at the expense of its credibility, providing Republicans who have been actively hostile to government programs a low-stakes opportunity to "greenwash" their climate credentials without backing meaningful action.

The exception is Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), who earned the highest of any Republican with 71 percent--a solid C-minus. "It's unfortunately that 71 percent is now such an outlier," one analyst notes, "because it used to be that a number of Republicans voted pro environment."

Source: Rebecca Leber in Mother Jones on LCV Enviro Scorecard Feb 27, 2018

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