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Lieberman's Using Gulf Crisis To Push Cap & Trade
TalkingSides.com ^ | 06/20/10 | CaroleL

Posted on 06/20/2010 3:04:26 PM PDT by CaroleL

President Obama's attempt to use the oil spill in the Gulf to push for cap & trade legislation doesn't seem to be working. According to one sponsor of the energy, bill the inclusion of the job killing, energy cost raising scheme is keeping the legislation far below the 60 vote threshold needed for it to pass in the Senate. But that won't stop either of them from following the 'never let a crisis go to waste' philosophy.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: captrade; lieberman; obama; oilspill

1 posted on 06/20/2010 3:04:27 PM PDT by CaroleL
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To: CaroleL

Wonder how much $ Lieberman stands to gain...........=.=


2 posted on 06/20/2010 3:09:43 PM PDT by cranked
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To: CaroleL
With these kinds of fear mongering, tax raising and job killing ideas, one wonders why Mr. Lieberman ever left the Democratic Party

No one in Connecticut wonders. He left the RATs because Ned Lamont became the RAT Senatorial candidate in 2006. LIEBerman only became a registered Independent to run as Senator in the general election but at heart he has always been a RAT.
3 posted on 06/20/2010 3:10:15 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: CaroleL

Cap and trade is a disaster. This government needs to stop caving in to “environmentalists” at every turn.


4 posted on 06/20/2010 3:45:45 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
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To: CaroleL

What do you expect....the ahole Lieberman was Algore’s VP running mate.


5 posted on 06/20/2010 4:14:01 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Don't be mad at BP....Be mad at the environmentalists who won't allow drilling in shallow waters.)
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