Dems’ All-Night Talkathon on Climate Change Includes Swipes at Republicans’ ‘Dark Money’

When in doubt, blame these guys.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.

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