[calcowgirl]

I looked some more this morning. Thompson was commenting on a substitute amendment offered by Bingaman that consolidated a bunch of previous legislation. Thompson actually co-sponsored that Title X Amendment, SA 3232, with all that Climate Change mumbo-jumbo (along with Murkowski, Lieberman, Hagel, Kerry, Byrd, and Hollings). The amendment is laid out between Pages S3054 and S3057. See the center of this page.

[pissant]

That’s a big improvement. /s

[ellery]

Thanks very much to both of you for finding that. Part of me wants to compare that version to Daschle’s version, just to get more insight into where the differences lie. Part of me doesn’t want to bother because I don’t like the replacement version Thompson co-sponsored, either.

I do like the R&D part, because as we’ve seen through DARPA R&D on any subject can have unexpected and positive consequences. However, I do not like even conceding that climate change is caused by humans, and I like the idea of binding international treaties on the subject even less (no matter how the treaties are worded).

I still strongly support Thompson, based on any number of issues. But I would like to hear clarification of his plans in this area. Thanks again.