tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/26/2009
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As I reported yesterday , House Minority Leader John Boehner has seemingly traded in his old talking point on cap and trade legislation for a blue chart with brightly colored words on it.
Moments ago, he brought his new weapon to the House floor.
Unfortunately for Boehner, it doesn't ...
thehill.com - 6/28/2009
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thehill.com —
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, ...
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Boehner: Climate bill a 'pile of s--t'
republicanleader.house.gov - 6/25/2009
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republicanleader.house.gov —
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today released
a new chart underscoring the bureaucratic nightmare that is...
Speaker Pelosi’s national energy tax. The chart highlights the slew of new government programs Democrats will create in order to ...
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Boehner on Speaker Pelosi's National Energy Tax: "I Have ...
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If You Can't Beat 'em, Delay 'em
Talking Points Memo —
... Rep. John Boehner will delay this evening's expected House vote on climate change legislation by reading the entire text of the Waxman-Markey bill on the House floor. ...
They do love their charts
Political Animal —
... failed to kill the Waxman-Markey bill , House Republicans are scrapping doubling down on the idea. They've created a new one to demonstrate just how complicated the Democrats' health care reform bill is. Just as in the case of the Waxman-Markey chart, though, this doesn't actually explain anything. And it ironically begs the question of whether Republicans secretly want a simpler, single payer system to replace more complex reform proposals. There are a wide variety of arguments against reform, but this may be the most ridiculous. The chart apparently proves that the health ...
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rightpundits.com 6/28/2009 — Last Friday evening Congress passed (with the help of eight Republicans) a 1,200-page bill that was not even read by its members. The cap-and-trade bill, which The Hill touts as “Climate bill Pelosi’s biggest triumph yet“, is going ...
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(h/t Jamie)
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From NBC's Mike Viqueira We have the potential for legislative drama on the House floor today, as Nancy Pelosi and Democrats are still scrambling for votes in support of the energy bill.
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Climate bill's hot talk —
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