Climate Solutions Caucus


The Climate Solutions Caucus is a bipartisan caucus of U.S. legislators supported by the Citizens' Climate Lobby whose members work to achieve action addressing the risks from climate change. The House of Representatives and Senate each have a caucus. The House caucus was founded in February 2016, during the 114th Congress, by Representatives Carlos Curbelo and Ted Deutch. The Senate Caucus was founded in 2019 by Senators Mike Braun and Chris Coons.
On November 27, 2018, House caucus members Ted Deutch, Francis Rooney, Charlie Crist, Brian Fitzpatrick, and John Delaney introduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, which would implement a national carbon fee and dividend.
The 2018 midterm elections illustrated a growing partisan divide over climate, and several incumbent Republican members of the Caucus lost their seats. One study concluded that this showed limited value for GOP members in pursuing bipartisan climate action.

Mission

According to Co-Chair Deutch's House website, the mission of the Caucus in the House is:
"to educate members on economically-viable options to reduce climate risk and to explore bipartisan policy options that address the impacts, causes, and challenges of our changing climate."

House Members, 116th Congress

Membership of the caucus was previously restricted to consist of equal representation of Republicans and Democrats, but after the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections, this rule was loosened. In the 116th Congress, the members are as follows:
NamePartyDistrict
Ted Deutch DemocraticFlorida's 22nd congressional district
Francis Rooney RepublicanFlorida's 19th congressional district
Adam KinzingerRepublicanIllinois's 16th congressional district
Alan LowenthalDemocraticCalifornia's 47th congressional district
Amata Coleman RadewagenRepublicanAmerican Samoa's at-large congressional district
Ami BeraDemocraticCalifornia's 7th congressional district
Ann McLane KusterDemocraticNew Hampshire's 2nd congressional district
Anna EshooDemocraticCalifornia's 18th congressional district
Bill PoseyRepublicanFlorida's 8th congressional district
Bobby ScottDemocraticVirginia's 3rd congressional district
Brendan BoyleDemocraticPennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
Brett GuthrieRepublicanKentucky's 2nd congressional district
Brian FitzpatrickRepublicanPennsylvania's 1st congressional district
Brian MastRepublicanFlorida's 18th congressional district
Charlie CristDemocraticFlorida's 13th congressional district
Chris CollinsRepublicanNew York's 27th congressional district
Dan LipinskiDemocraticIllinois's 3rd congressional district
David CicillineDemocraticRhode Island's 1st congressional district
David JoyceRepublicanOhio's 14th congressional district
David SchweikertRepublicanArizona's 6th congressional district
Derek KilmerDemocraticWashington's 6th congressional district
Don BaconRepublicanNebraska's 2nd congressional district
Don BeyerDemocraticVirginia's 8th congressional district
Earl BlumenauerDemocraticOregon's 3rd congressional district
Ed PerlmutterDemocraticColorado's 7th congressional district
Eleanor Holmes NortonDemocraticDistrict of Columbia's at-large congressional district
Eliot EngelDemocraticNew York's 16th congressional district
Elise StefanikRepublicanNew York's 21st congressional district
Fred UptonRepublicanMichigan's 6th congressional district
Jack BergmanRepublicanMichigan's 1st congressional district
Jan SchakowskyDemocraticIllinois's 9th congressional district
Jenniffer GonzálezRepublicanPuerto Rico's at-large congressional district
Jerry McNerneyDemocraticCalifornia's 9th congressional district
Jim HimesDemocraticConnecticut's 4th congressional district
Jimmy PanettaDemocraticCalifornia's 20th congressional district
John B. LarsonDemocraticConnecticut's 1st congressional district
John YarmuthDemocraticKentucky's 3rd congressional district
Josh GottheimerDemocraticNew Jersey's 5th congressional district
Juan VargasDemocraticCalifornia's 51st congressional district
Judy ChuDemocraticCalifornia's 27th congressional district
Lee ZeldinRepublicanNew York's 1st congressional district
Marcy KapturDemocraticOhio's 9th congressional district
Mark AmodeiRepublicanNevada's 2nd congressional district
Matt CartwrightDemocraticPennsylvania's 8th congressional district
Matt GaetzRepublicanFlorida's 1st congressional district
Mike DoyleDemocraticPennsylvania's 18th congressional district
Mike GallagherRepublicanWisconsin's 8th congressional district
Mike ThompsonDemocraticCalifornia's 5th congressional district
Nydia VelázquezDemocraticNew York's 7th congressional district
Pete AguilarDemocraticCalifornia's 31st congressional district
Peter T. KingRepublicanNew York's 2nd congressional district
Peter WelchDemocraticVermont's at-large congressional district
Rob WoodallRepublicanGeorgia's 7th congressional district
Rodney DavisRepublicanIllinois's 13th congressional district
Ron KindDemocraticWisconsin's 3rd congressional district
Salud CarbajalDemocraticCalifornia's 24th congressional district
Scott PetersDemocraticCalifornia's 52nd congressional district
Seth MoultonDemocraticMassachusetts's 6th congressional district
Stacey PlaskettDemocraticUnited States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district
Stephanie MurphyDemocraticFlorida's 7th congressional district
Stephen F. LynchDemocraticMassachusetts's 8th congressional district
Suzanne BonamiciDemocraticOregon's 1st congressional district
Thomas SuozziDemocraticNew York's 3rd congressional district
Tom ReedRepublicanNew York's 23rd congressional district
Denver RigglemanRepublicanVirginia's 5th congressional district


Senate Members, 116th Congress

The Senate Climate Solutions Caucus was announced by Senators Mike Braun and Chris Coons on October 23, 2019. The two Senators wrote in an op-ed announcing the caucus:

The Climate Solutions Caucus in the Senate is bi-partisan, the rules of the caucus require that new members may only join with a member of the opposite party to ensure that the number of Democrats and Republicans stays the same. All actions by the caucus require unanimous agreement among the members.
The caucus membership for the 116th Congress is as follows :
NamePartyState
Mike Braun RepublicanIndiana
Chris Coons DemocraticDelaware
Angus KingIndependentMaine
Debbie StabenowDemocraticMichigan
Jeanne ShaheenDemocraticNew Hampshire
Lindsey GrahamRepublicanSouth Carolina
Lisa MurkowskiRepublicanAlaska
Marco RubioRepublicanFlorida
Mitt RomneyRepublicanUtah
Michael BennetDemocraticColorado
Susan CollinsRepublicanMaine
Tammy BaldwinDemocraticWisconsin
Rob PortmanRepublicanOhio
Jacky RosenDemocraticNevada