Obama, Dems pressure House GOP on climate change

Published August 13, 2013 4:00am ET



President Obamas campaign apparatus began pressuring House Republicans this week to take up climate change, a key tenet of his second term agenda.

Organizing for America launched a social media-based effort to go after global warming skeptics in Congress, targeting 135 Republicans in the House. Activists also crashed GOP offices across the country Tuesday and presented them with trophies donned with a unicorn and embroidered with “Congressional Climate Denier Award.”

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