Senate Democrats to offer unanimous climate resolution that’s not the Green New Deal

All 47 members of the Senate Democratic caucus plan to introduce a resolution Tuesday urging Congress to act immediately on climate change

, a Democratic leadership aide tells POLITICO.

Democrats plan to pressure Republicans to support the new climate resolution, the leadership aide said. Targets could include moderates like Sens. Cory Gardner and Susan Collins , both up for reelection in 2020. McConnell said earlier Tuesday the chamber is expected to vote on the Green New Deal resolution offered by before the chamber goes on August recess.

Seven current or likely presidential candidates — Sens. Cory Booker , Elizabeth Warren , Amy Klobuchar , Bernie Sanders , Kirsten Gillibrand , Kamala Harris and Jeff Merkley — are co-sponsors of the Green New Deal resolution, but none have definitively said how they would vote if McConnell puts it on the floor.

“Climate change is now a top issue for voters and this shows that Democrats are noticing that," said Stephen O’Hanlon, a spokesperson for the Sunrise Movement, a relatively new environmental group that has been organizing the Green New Deal demonstrations. O'Hanlon said the group would have more to say once the text of the new resolution is released.

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