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Delay, delay Senate GOP delays climate debate still further by forcing clerk to read Boxer amendment	Kate Sheppard	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Today in Senate action on the Climate Security Act, Republicans are forcing the clerk to read the entirety of the Boxer substitute amendment [PDF], claiming they haven't had enough time to read it yet. It's 157 pages long. Boxer, of course, protested, but her appeal was rejected. The clerk's been reading for an hour already. Oh wait, they had to switch clerks because the first one got tired ... Wait, now they're on to a third clerk ... UPDATE: Apparently they' ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Global warming draws heat from Dems	Joseph Romm	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Here's an article out today from Roll Call ($ub. req'd), which has been covering Congress since 1955:In the heat of Monday afternoon, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) fumbled with her kickoff speech on global warming legislation as she tried to wax poetic about the need to save the planet, and the United States, from environmental disaster. Boxer couldn't find parts of her speech -- Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) leaned in to help at ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, gas prices, legislation, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Creeping toward productive conversation Senate begins debate on Lieberman-Warner climate bill -- sort of	Kate Sheppard	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
After last night's cloture vote, Senate Republicans asked for 30 hours before legislatively productive debate on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act could begin. That means they spent all of today kibitzing about climate legislation without any progress toward amending or voting. Joe Romm has been live-blogging all day over on Climate Progress, and I've also been following the action so you don't have to (you'll thank me). Here's the top CSA news of the day, ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Who's protecting us from the gays? Conservative Christian group outraged that Congress is distracted by climate change	Kate Sheppard	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In today's daily action alert from the Family Research Council, President Tony Perkins bemoans the fact that the Senate is wasting time talking about climate change when the gays are still running around getting married willy-nilly: Now, fresh off a holiday weekend in which most families paid $4 a gallon to drive to neighborhood barbecues, American patience has worn thin. Imagine the frustration this week, as Congress returned to work -- not on judges, marriage, or ...
Topics: climate, insanity, legislation, Muckraker, politics, religion and spirituality, US Senate (all these topics)

A taste of the fight ahead GOP circulating at least 90 weakening amendments to Climate Security Act	Kate Sheppard	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Senate Republicans are already circulating at least 90 amendments that would weaken the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. Here's a complete list of those we know about already, including measures that would add nuclear subsidies, lower emissions targets, and introduce a safety valve. And fight is only just beginning ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, shenanigans, US Senate (all these topics)

Rallying for the Climate Security Act Boxer and friends rally in park for climate bill	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) hosted a press conference in a park outside the Capitol this afternoon to rally support for the Climate Security Act. Standing on a podium alongside other senators as well as reps from several green groups, religious organizations, labor unions, and businesses, Boxer called the bill 'long overdue.' Lieberman noted that climate change is 'another one of those challenges where the people are way a ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

It's nukes to me Climate-bill sponsors talk about nukes and wooing McCain	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Before this evening's cloture vote on the motion to proceed, the sponsors of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act held a press conference, mostly repeating things we've already heard from them. Two interesting topics came up, though: McCain and nukes. And, of course, McCain on nukes. John Warner (R-Va.) took the opportunity to tout nuclear power and the amendment he and Lieberman have put together that would insert explicit support for the industry into the bi ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Gore at the right time America's climate guru issues statement of support for America's Climate Security Act	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is pretty jazzed about this statement of support for the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act that Al Gore released today: I want to commend Senator Boxer for her leadership of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Thanks to her vision and dedication, we have the first global warming bill in history that is comprehensive, bipartisan and that enjoys support across the country -- from labor and agriculture to the business and the e ...
Topics: Al Gore, Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Breaking: Cloture vote on Climate Security Act Senate decides to advance to debate on climate legislation	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The Senate just held a cloture vote on whether to proceed with debate on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act. It needed 60 votes to proceed. And the Senate says ... Agreed to move forward, 74-14! Climate change will now be open for debate on the Senate floor. UPDATE: Now they're debating about when to start debate, and how much time to allot for debate. Republicans want 30 hours before amendments can even be introduced. And, of course, as John Kerry (D-M ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Making radio waves Boxer gives Democratic radio address to rally support for Climate Security Act	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Sen. Babara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the floor manager of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, gave the Democratic radio address on Saturday. In it, she talked up the need for action on climate change now and why senators should support the bill. You can listen to the full address here. An excerpt: Senators have come together across party lines to write a law that will not only enable us to avoid the ravages of unchecked ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

The fruits of labor Climate Security Act gets support from labor unions	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act has picked up a decent amount of support from labor groups. So far: The Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, which includes: International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers Internation ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Don't say we didn't Warner you National Association of Manufacturers releases anti-climate legislation video	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
If you want a sense of the kind of opposition the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act is up against from industry groups, you'll find a crystalline example in a video just put out by the National Association of Manufacturers. It's an attempt to stoke fear and anger about the legislation, primarily through the artful deployment of clauses that begin with the word 'could.' 'In the end, this cap-and-trade bill could well cap our economy and trade our jobs overseas,' ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Just around the Warner Lieberman-Warner climate bill hitting the Senate floor	Kate Sheppard	02 Jun 2008	Gristmill
After months of hearings, haggling, and revision, a climate change bill will reach the floor of the Senate this week. The showdown over the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (CSA) marks the first time the full chamber has focused on a dedicated piece of global warming legislation since 2005, when the McCain-Lieberman climate bill was voted down for a second time. Sen. John McCain played a starring role in that episode. But it seems if he can't be the star, he ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Growth industry Club for Growth starts campaign to derail Lieberman-Warner	Kate Sheppard	27 May 2008	Gristmill
The Club for Growth -- a conservative group 'dedicated to helping elect pro-growth, pro-freedom candidates through political contributions and issue advocacy campaigns' -- is already waging war on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, slated to hit the Senate floor June 2. But instead of going after the bill itself, they're targeting individual senators who seem likely to vote in favor of the bill. They've taken out $250,000 in radio and television ...
Topics: climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

A Capitol Affair House passes clean-energy tax credits, bill out of Senate committee would give Calif. waiver		22 May 2008	News
Posted at 9:49 AM on 22 May 2008 Exciting things going on at the Capitol: The House has passed a bill with tax credits for renewable energy; the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed legislation asking President Bush to grant California the waiver it needs to regulate vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions. Get all the details in Gristmill. new in Gristmill:� House passes mass ...
Topics: Congress, legislation, news, US House of Representatives, US Senate (all these topics)

Slick Schmooze Big Oil tries to evade blame for high energy prices		21 May 2008	News
Posted at 1:58 PM on 21 May 2008 It's a cryin' shame that energy prices are so high, but it's totally not Big Oil's fault, top execs at the five largest oil companies told a Senate panel Wednesday. Big guns from BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon, and Shell -- almost all the same rich white guys that gathered at a similar hearing last month -- said the record price of oil is a supply-and-demand problem. It's Congress who should ...
Topics: Big Oil, energy, news, US Senate (all these topics)

Safety pin Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing to stoke fear about the costs of climate legislation	Kate Sheppard	19 May 2008	Gristmill
Speaking of cost-containment and the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on 'recent reports analyzing the energy and economic impacts of climate change legislation.' Many political observers see this as a move intended to scare up concern among Senate Democrats that meaningful action on global warming is just too dang expensive. Why interpret it that way? Because the committee is chai ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Boxer briefs Barbara Boxer circulates an outline of her amendment to Lieberman-Warner	Kate Sheppard	19 May 2008	Gristmill
On Friday, Senate Environment and Public Works chair Barbara Boxer released an outline of what promises to be the version of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act that actually gets debated and amended on the Senate floor in early June. David posted the full document summarizing the manager's amendment earlier today. It's only an outline, not the full text, but from a cursory glance, here are some significant differences from the previous incarnation of Lieberman-W ...
Topics: Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Getting Mr. Smith out of Washington Grist talks to underdog Oregon Senate contender Steve Novick	Kate Sheppard	19 May 2008	Gristmill
Steve Novick. Photo: novickforsenate.org Tomorrow is the presidential primary in both Oregon and Kentucky, but it's also a key Senate primary in Oregon, where two Democrats are facing off to see who will get to take a crack at unseating Gordon Smith, the sole GOP senator on the West Coast. When Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley announced his bid for the nomination in August, it looked like a win was inevitable. He was hand-picked by Democratic Senatorial ...
Topics: elections, interview, Muckraker, Oregon, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Do as the Bill Says, Not as It Does Senators both GOP and Dem introduce destined-to-fail legislation		07 May 2008	News
Posted at 2:54 PM on 07 May 2008 Senate Democrats are trying once again to yank $17 billion in tax breaks away from oil companies that are enjoying booming profits. The Consumer-First Energy Act, introduced in the Senate on Wednesday, would also put a 25 percent tax on oil companies that don't invest in renewable energy. Bill cosponsor Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sums up, "Big Oil is making money h ...
Topics: Big Oil, energy, legislation, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

The fossil bloc makes its play New Senate alternatives to L-W would take climate policy backwards -- way backwards	David Roberts	29 Apr 2008	Gristmill
George Voinovich. There's an important story in yesterday's edition of E&E (as always, $ub. req'd) about two alternatives to Lieberman-Warner that have recently been floated in the Senate. One comes from Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) and the other -- not so much a bill as a 'set of principles' -- from a coalition of the nation's biggest and dirtiest coal companies. Together they serve as an excellent primer on the conservative movement's latest approac ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Now We've Heard Udall Green groups announce support for Senate campaigns		24 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 1:00 PM on 24 Apr 2008 A coalition of large green groups has pledged to support Mark Udall, Tom Udall, and Jeanne Shaheen in their campaigns to become senators in 2008. Colorado Representative Mark Udall and his cousin, New Mexico Representative Tom Udall, will run for Senate seats in their respective states; Shaheen is the former governor of New Hampshire, and will run there. All three are Democrats. The green g ...
Topics: Colorado, elections, environmental movement, League of Conservation Voters, New Hampshire, New Mexico, news, politics, Sierra Club, state politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Will you pay or will you go? Renewables score big victory in the Senate	Josh Dorner	10 Apr 2008	Gristmill
With today's green energy boom (and over 100,000 existing jobs in the wind and solar industries alone) hanging in the balance, the Senate voted this morning by an overwhelming 88 to 8 margin to attach short-term extensions of key clean energy tax incentives set to expire at the end of this year -- the Production Tax Credit that mostly goes to wind power, the Investment Tax Credit for solar, and other incentives for energy efficient appliances and the like -- to the housi ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy, US House of Representatives, US Senate (all these topics)

Interest in Renewing Renewables Renewed Boosts for renewable energy get another go-round in the Senate		04 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 10:28 AM on 04 Apr 2008 Wind- and solar-boosting folk are crossing their fingers that new Senate legislation will succeed in extending renewable-energy tax credits set to expire at the end of 2008. The Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act is framed as an economic boon: "If both houses of Congress don't pass a bill and the president doesn't sign it into law soon, we will start to see as ...
Topics: energy, legislation, news, politics, renewable energy, US Senate (all these topics)

Better Safe Than Sorry Senate passes consumer-safety bill that would reduce toxics in toys		06 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:28 PM on 06 Mar 2008 The U.S. Senate has passed legislation aimed at decreasing consumer exposure to dangerous products (like, oh, lead-tainted toys, to pick a random example). Specifically, the measure passed Thursday would increase the staff and budget of the Consumer Product Safety Commission; sharply reduce acceptable levels of lead and phthalates in toys; create a database of public compl ...
Topics: green living, green products, legislation, news, parenting, politics, toxics, US Senate (all these topics)

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