rasmussenreports.com - 6/30/2009
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Americans have mixed feelings about the historic climate change bill that passed the House on Friday, but 42% say it will hurt the U.S. economy. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 19% believe the climate change bill passed by the House on Friday will help the ...
RNC warns of 'lights out' due to climate change bill
briefingroom.thehill.com 6/22/2009 — It'll be "lights out" for consumers if the climate change bill before Congress is allowed to become law, the Republican National Committee (RNC) warned Monday.
In a PR blitz to kick off the week, the RNC released a web video and sent props to ...
Climate Legislation Will Cost $3,128 About $175 Per Household
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/22/2009 — Two weeks ago, I noted that the Congressional Budget Office had completed a preliminary analysis of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill and determined that it would be a net deficit reducer over 10 years,
Whatever the merits of the legislation, ...
Backroom Deals, Inexorable Right-wing Slides
openleft.com 6/24/2009 — A deal has been nearly reached on the climate change bill:
House Democratic leaders late last night released a revamped, 1,201-page energy and global warming bill (pdf), clearing the way for floor debate Friday even though it remains uncertain if ...
Democrats Growing Confident About Climate Bill Passage
politics.theatlantic.com 6/26/2009 — Democrats on Capitol Hill say that historic and controversial climate change legislation is likely to pass the House of Representatives tomorrow. A top Democratic aide estimated that Speaker Nancy Pelosi had banked just enough votes as of this ...
House Dem: Climate bill will get 230 votes
briefingroom.thehill.com 6/26/2009 — Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) predicted on Thursday evening that the House climate change bill will attract 230 votes.
Butterfield said, "It is very close, but I think right now we are right up there at the 218 count. We were unsure earlier in the ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/26/2009 — Climate-Change Bill In The Balance
Democratic leaders in the House are working hard to pass the climate-change bill today, containing a cap-and-trade system for limiting carbon emissions, with Dems from industrial states holding the balance of power ...
The Early Word: House Energy Vote
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 6/26/2009 — The climate change bill is up for a vote, with a lot of last-minute lobbying surrounding it.
Climate Change Bill May Hinge On Recalcitrant Progressives
huffingtonpost.com 6/26/2009 — As a vote on a controversial climate change bill approached on Friday afternoon, Democrats on the Hill were turning their attention to progressive Democrats rather than attempting to recruit more Republican support for the measure.
The late-stage ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/29/2009 — Obama Opposes Trade Penalties In Climate Bill
President Obama has come out against a provision of the climate-change bill that passed the House on Friday, which would impose tariffs on other countries that don't accept limits on pollution. "At a ...
Does This Nonsense Ever Stop?
balloon-juice.com 6/29/2009 — Way to be, Krugman :
So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement.
But 212 representatives voted no. A handful of these no votes came from representatives who considered the ...
Enemies of the People
corner.nationalreview.com 6/30/2009 — Writing in the New York Times, Paul Krugman has a Vyshinsky moment:
So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement. But 212 representatives voted no. A handful of these no votes came ...
Intergalactic Treason!
whiskeyfire.typepad.com 6/30/2009 — All day I've been sort of avoiding thinking about Paul Krugman's use of the word "traitor" to describe the GOP and Democratic House members who voted against the climate-change bill: A handful of these no votes came from representatives who ...
The U.S. as a Failed State
mahablog.com 6/30/2009 — The often-brilliant George Monbiot asks at The Guardian , “ Why do we allow the US to act like a failed state on climate change? ” Following a useful analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the Waxman-Markey climate bill, he says,
Even so, I would like to see the bill passed, ...
Earth Treason
julescrittenden.com 7/1/2009 — They have betrayed the planet, and they must suffer the fate of traitors!
Paul Krugman at NYT, on warmalism deniers:
So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement.
But 212 ...
Va. station refuses to air NRCC ad —
News
A Roanoke TV station is refusing to air an ad by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) attacking Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.).
The ad takes Perriello to task for supporting the climate change bill that past the House last week.
WDBJ-TV would not comment on their decision, but the ...
NRCC Ad Attacks Energy Bill -- And Obama —
TPM Election Central
The National Republican Congressional Committee has launched this new TV ad going after freshman Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) for his vote on the climate bill -- and attacking President's Obama's statement during the 2008 campaign that electricity rates would "skyrocket" under a cap-and-trade ...
Congress makes first big step towards energy independence: —
The Reaction
By Carol Gee Energy bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives -- On June 26 the House of Representatives barely passed an energy-climate change bill (HR 2454), 219-212, with 8 Republicans voting for it and 44 Democrats voting against it. It took everything Speaker Pelosi and Majority ...
Politicians Worth Their Salaries: Quigley and Schakowsky —
ArchPundit
From press releases on the Climate Change bill. While a bunch of blue dogs defected–I’m looking at you Bill Foster–Quigley points out one of the most important elements of the entire deal–lower income individuals will end up saving money over time. While this bill is ...
Energy Bill is Still Too Weak —
Commondreams.org Views
Capital Times Editorial The American Clean Energy and Security
legislation that was backed by the Obama administration and
congressional Democratic leaders as a centerpiece of the drive to
address climate change was approved late last week by the U.S.
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Cap and Trade Pros and Cons —
Little Green Footballs
Wired has a balanced look at the controversy around the Waxman-Markey “cap and trade” climate change bill passed last week by the House: Update: Climate Bill Clears House by Narrow Margin .
Commonly referred to as the Waxman-Markey bill, after the original Democratic sponsors ...
Re: Enemies of the People —
The Corner on National Review Online
I agree with Andrew. Calling the act of voting against the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill treason is ridiculous. What's more disturbing is that while Krugman goes on and on about what's wrong with climate change skeptics, he never talks about what policies would actually address the threat of ...
Fox Nation Calls New Climate Bill "Treason" —
Crooks and Liars
NewsHounds :
The headline of the linked article is “House Passes Milestone Energy, Climate Change Bill.” Obviously not happy with the AP headline, the Fox Nation writers, in order to put it in right wing terms the pitchfork gang can understand and appreciate, tweaked it thusly: “Treason? ...
Boehner Calls Climate Bill a 'Pile of Shit' —
Drudge Retort
Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) had a few choice words about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) landmark climate-change bill after its passage Friday. When asked why he read portions of the cap-and-trade bill on the floor Friday night, Boehner told The Hill, "Hey, people deserve to ...