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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 5/22/2009

Speed reader makes Hill debut

— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The congressional speed reader made his committee debut Thursday — but it looks like... his brief taste of the limelight may mark his Capitol Hill swan song. The top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce committee, ... (more) Speed reader makes Hill debut

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online.wsj.com - 5/20/2009

Need for Speed (Read) to Pass Climate Bill

— online.wsj.com — IAN TALLEY WASHINGTON -- Democrats in the House Energy and Commerce Committee have taken a novel precaution... to head off Republican efforts to slow action this week on a sweeping climate bill. They are hiring a speed reader. Republicans on the ... (more) Need for Speed (Read) to Pass Climate Bill

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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 5/21/2009

Dems hire speed reader for climate change bill

— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) – As Congress prepares for a weeklong recess next week, Democrats on the House Energy... and Commerce Committee have armed themselves with a special weapon to deal with a possible Republican effort to delay getting a major piece of ... (more) Dems hire speed reader for climate change bill

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Speed Reading Clerk Reads Stalling Amendment To House Climate Change Legislation
TPMDC — Earlier today, we reported that Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have taken an extraordinary measure to combat nefarious Republican stall tactics. Faced with the possibility that the GOP minority might require the committee's clerks to read aloud the 900-page Waxman-Markey climate change bill, or many of its 400-plus proposed amendments, the committee's chairman, Henry Waxman (D-CA), hired a speed reader. An quick tongued, acting-clerk, if you will. His services may ultimately not be necessary, but earlier today, to break the tension between battling factions, the committee's ranking member Joe Barton (R-TX) asked the "speed reader clerk" to read part ...

Henry Waxman hires a speed reader to thwart GOP
The Political Carnival — Gotta love Hank. We're well aware, at this point, that the House Republican strategy for opposing the Waxman-Markey climate change bill is to make the legislative process take a very, very long time. That means heaps and heaps of irrelevant amendments, written by congressmen who warn of "Global Warming Gestapo." But so far they have eschewed a maneuver that would force the Democrats to read the bill aloud. All 900-plus pages of it. In case the GOP decides to change course, though, Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats are prepared. With a speed reader. According to ...

Democrats Cleverly Thwart 'Nefarious' Republican Scheme to Have Congress Read Cap-and-Trade Bill With Speed Reading Clerk
Weekly Standard Blog — First off, let me concede that having a clerk read parts of the cap-and-trade climate bill Micro-Machines style is pretty funny, and far beyond the levity quotient one expects from Rep. Henry Waxman. On the other hand, this is the United States Senate, sir. Could we not spring for the actual Micro Machines guy (John Moschitta)? Via TPM, here's the video: But there's a downside to the humor at this hearing. Brian Beutler of TPM characterizes this act of political theater as Democrats' "extraordinary measure to combat nefarious Republican stall tactics." Faced ...

Welcome To Congress
Shakesville — A speed reader was necessary to read 450 amendments Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas added to a climate change bill to stall it. Why bother with any form of "debate" when an elected representative can just use procedure to the extreme and exclaim about House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman: "He has got a chance to get the votes. If you are familiar with Texas Hold 'em poker, he doesn't have the nuts. It is not a done deal. Nor do I. . . We will see which has the other by the nuts next week." Delightful. Via TPM: Earlier today, we reported that Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have taken an extraordinary measure ...

Video Friday: R.N.C. Channels L.B.J.
Opinionator — Ever since Obama’s victory, Republicans have been all about improving their new media skillz — embracing the Twitter, the Facebook and any other Web 2.0 outpost in site. The latest video from the Republican National Committee demonstrates a full working knowledge of another staple of the new media age, the mashup. It’s a Gitmo attack on Obama, via L.B.J.’s infamous 1964 “Daisy ad ...

Josh Dorner: House GOP on Energy: All Hat, No Cattle
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — As a fellow blogger wrote today, the minority on the House Energy & Commerce led by "Smokey Joe" Barton of Texas (R-Big Oil) turned out to be all hat and no cattle when it came to stopping the comprehensive clean energy jobs plan that passed the committee 33-25 last evening. But that of course didn't stop them from raising a ruckus in the meantime. With energy perhaps the only issue Dick Cheney hasn't come out of the woodwork to address, Barton and his fellow conservatives on the committee (save Mary Bono Mack of California, the sole Republican who voted for the plan) are picking up the slack when it comes to continuing the push for the Big Oil, Dirty Coal, and ...

Inhofe Orchestrates Shameless Boycott Of Clean Energy Jobs Act
Wonk Room — Our guest blogger is Josh Nelson, publisher of EnviroKnow.com. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the most prominent climate change denier in the United States Senate, has concocted a new and innovative strategy to thwart the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, sponsored by Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA). To wit, he and his Republican colleagues on the Environment and Public Works Committee have worked up a plan to simply not show up for this week’s markup: But Boxer cannot hold the markup unless at least two Republicans show up, and EPW ranking member James Inhofe (R-OK) signaled that he has ...