... for 60 votes (sub rqd) to overcome the inevitable filibuster of Lieberman-Warner.
Meanwhile, Friends of the Earth -- the only green group to come out against L-W early and consistently -- has launched a "fix it or ditch" campaign on the bill. It's running print ads in The Hill and Roll Call.
Frankly, I don't see any scenario in which the L-W bill is "fixed" during this session of Congress. Everything Boxer's going to have to do to get the votes is going to make an already-weak bill weaker. In the immortal words of Han Solo, I've got a bad feeling about this.
FOE ad underneath the fold:
Mark Warner (D-Va.)
Can EPA regulations on CO2 be blocked?
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
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ce1907 Posted 7:47 am
30 Jan 2008
Other than an effort to get primary votes?
Even if sincere, how would a 100% auction bill pass the Congress?
pitiful
do nothing, then. stay pure
how "weak" is Lieberman bill compared to the alternative
get your head out of . . . the sand
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Tasermons Partner Posted 7:58 am
30 Jan 2008
At this point, I'd say any climate legislation would be hard to get through. Bush would veto, and we'd need enough votes to override. And I doubt we'd have enough currently to do such a thing.
With that in mind, if we could somehow manage to pass a piece of legislation, I'd say take it. Anythin' is better than nothin' at this point. We can try and strengthen it later with additional fixes/legislation.
Now, if we suddenly find ourselves in a favorable political climate (i.e. we have the pres., and overwhelming majority of Congress), then we can take a little time to try and hamper out the best deal possible.
But we're not in that poltical climate, and we may not be even after the elections, so I say take what we can get now.
But in the end, it's probably all mute, since we probably won't be able to get anything at all just now.
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GreyFlcn Posted 8:13 am
30 Jan 2008
Considering the gravity of this, I think we can wait 10 months, longer for a bill which will last atleast 10 years.
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ce1907 Posted 8:31 am
30 Jan 2008
make people declare themselves
get them on record
start the serious process
otherwise, the pols are free to dance, and they will stay free
nothing focuses a pol like a vote, and considering what it will mean in the next election
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