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Friday, June 20, 2008
Associated issues: Improving the Service of the Federal Bureaucracy, Global Warming, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis, National Security and Energy Independence, Get the Facts on Energy & Gas Prices
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Associated issues: Gas PRICE Act, Commitment to Oklahoma, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis, National Security and Energy Independence
President’s 4 point plan: Expanding exploration of the Outer Continental Shelf, Develop oil shales, Open ANWR, and Expand refining capacity.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Associated issues: Commitment to Oklahoma, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis, National Security and Energy Independence
ANWR Votes
10/27/95 – The Senate voted on a bill to implement a competitive leasing program for oil and gas exploration, development, and production within the coastal plain of ANWR. The bill passed 52-47. Of that, 52 Republicans voted for and 46 Democrats voted against.
11/17/95 – The Senate voted on a motion to adopt a conference report on a bill to implement a competitive leasing program for oil and gas exploration, development, and production within the coastal plain of ANWR. The motion passed 52-47. Of that, 52 Republicans voted for and 46 Democrats voted against.
12/6/95 – President Clinton vetoed the Balanced Budget Act which included a provision to open ANWR.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Associated issues: Improving the Service of the Federal Bureaucracy, Global Warming, Lieberman-Warner Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) made several assertions during her June 10 floor speech on the failed climate tax bill and energy issues.
Below is a sampling of some of Boxer’s claims, followed by fact checks:
Boxer Claim: “We had 46 Democrats for dealing with global warming.”
Fact: Over 20% of Senate Democrats opposed the Climate Tax Bill. Boxer had at most only 35 Democratic Senators willing to vote "yes" on final passage. A letter signed on June 6 by ten Democratic Senators explicitly stated they “cannot support final passage” of the Climate Tax Bill (Lieberman-Warner global warming cap-and-trade bill). Boxer would apparently only have had at most 45 total votes last week to support final passage of the bill. (Democrat Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who was absent for last week's vote, had previously voted against bringing the bill to the floor on June 2.)
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Associated issues: Improving the Service of the Federal Bureaucracy, Global Warming, Lieberman-Warner Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) claimed today that Democrats had the support of 54 U.S. Senators for the Climate Tax Bill. Directly contradicting Boxer’s assertion is a letter signed on June 6 by ten Democratic Senators explicitly stating they “cannot support final passage” of the Climate Tax Bill. The letter indicates that Boxer would apparently only have had at most 45 votes today to support final passage of the bill. (Democrat Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who was absent for today’s vote, had previously voted against bringing the bill to the floor on June 2.)
Boxer alleged in a June 6 statement that Democrats “had 54 Senators come down on the side of tackling this crucial issue now” following the cloture vote of 48-36 which effectively killed the bill.
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Associated issues: Improving the Service of the Federal Bureaucracy, Global Warming, Lieberman-Warner Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis
WSJ – Climate Change Collapse – June 06, 2008
Excerpt: Environmentalists are stunned that their global warming agenda is in collapse. Senator Harry Reid has all but conceded he lacks the vote for passage in the Senate and that it's time to move on. Backers of the Warner-Lieberman cap-and-trade bill always knew they would face a veto from President Bush, but they wanted to flex their political muscle and build momentum for 2009. That strategy backfired. The green groups now look as politically intimidating as the skinny kid on the beach who gets sand kicked in his face. Those groups spent millions advertising and lobbying to push the cap-and-trade bill through the Senate. But it would appear the political consensus on global warming was as exaggerated as the alleged scientific consensus. "With gasoline selling at $4 a gallon, the Democrats picked the worst possible time to bring up cap and trade," says Dan Clifton, a political analyst for Strategas Research Partners. "This issue is starting to feel like the Hillary health care plan."
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Associated issues: Improving the Service of the Federal Bureaucracy, Global Warming, Lieberman-Warner Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis
Denver Post: Climate is right for another swindle - 'A gargantuan boondoggle' – June 2, 2008
Excerpt: How does Washington plan to resolve our energy problems and control atmospheric temperatures? Well, how do they fix anything? By proposing a gargantuan boondoggle. A "cap and trade" bill, one that will supposedly cut 66 percent of our emissions by 2050, is being debated in Congress this week.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Associated issues: Eco-Terrorism, Commitment to Independent and Verifiable Science, Global Warming, Lieberman-Warner Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis
Mr. President, I thank the managers of the bill and the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee for the debate that has gone on. The chairman was opining a few moments ago that the debate today had been focused on gas and high gas prices and that somehow her bill was going to push gas prices even higher. That may happen. I don't know that. What I do know today is that the American consumer is fed up with $4 gas, and anything we do that would even risk pushing gas prices higher ought to make the American consumer mighty unhappy.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Associated issues: Commitment to Independent and Verifiable Science, Global Warming, Lieberman-Warner Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis
Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Chair. It has been a little tough getting these 15 minutes, but I am glad to have them. MR. WARNER. The Senator showed courtesy in getting them. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I sought recognition to discuss a number of amendments which I will be proposing to offer. I intend to offer an amendment on emission caps because of my concern that the emission caps which are set in the Lieberman-Warner bill cannot be obtained.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Associated issues: Commitment to Independent and Verifiable Science, Global Warming, Lieberman-Warner Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed, Commitment to Oklahoma, Commitment to Cost-Benefit Analysis
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