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youtube.com - 6/26/2009

Rep Doggett's Statement on Waxman-Markey (video)

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"Vital authority for the EPA is stripped, but 2 billion additional tons of pollution are authorized every year, forever. Residential consumer protectio...

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 6/21/2009

Waxman-Markey Will Help the Poor, Impose Modest Costs on the Wealthy

— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Here’s the CBO’s score of the impact of the Waxman-Markey bill on household budgets : On that... basis, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the net annual economywide cost of the cap-and-trade program in 2020 would be $22 ... (more) Waxman-Markey Will Help the Poor, Impose Modest Costs on ...

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Henry Waxman

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greenpeace.org - 6/26/2009

Greenpeace Opposes Waxman-Markey

— greenpeace.org — In advance of tomorrow’s vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Act in the House of... Representatives, Greenpeace USA Deputy Campaigns Director Carroll Muffett issued the following statement: "Since the Waxman-Markey bill left the Energy and ... (more) Greenpeace Opposes Waxman-Markey

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Henry Waxman

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correspondents.theatlantic.com - 6/26/2009

Daily Chart: What Waxman-Markey Will Do To The Economy

— correspondents.theatlantic.com — As you might know, the House is voting later today on the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, The... American Clean Energy and Security Act. Feelings are mixed. For one, there were a lot of mischievous compromises. For another, the bill doesn't... (more) Daily Chart: What Waxman-Markey Will Do To The Economy

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Opponent Of Waxman Markey Now Supporter Of Waxman Markey
TPM Election Central — Earlier today, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) gave a blistering speech on the House floor, attacking the Waxman-Markey bill from the left and urging members to oppose it. Here's video via Friends of the Earth. But just moments ago he had a change of heart. He called the GOP a "flat-Earth society" and said he would vote for the bill. That's some whip operation they've got going on over there. ...

For once the adminstration and House Dem leadership went all out for their position. Result: passage of a "climate" bill that's mostly crap
DownWithTyranny! — “This energy bill’s fine print betrays its laudable purpose. The real 'cap' is on the public interest and the 'trade' is the billions from the public to polluters. . . . This bill is 85% different from what President Obama proposed months ago. No wonder his Budget Director called this type of bill ‘the largest corporate welfare program in history of the United States.’ Until greatly improved, until families share in the billions this bill grants powerful lobbies, I cannot support it.” ...