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Fred also aligned with an interesting group of people in the senate again. But I guess he has "evolved."

S.AMDT.3232
Amends: S.517 , S.AMDT.2917
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (submitted 4/22/2002)
(proposed 4/23/2002)
AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
To establish a national climate change policy.

TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR S3054-3059

STATUS:

4/23/2002:

Amendment SA 3232 proposed by Senator Bingaman to Amendment
SA 2917. (consideration: CR S3145-3148) 4/23/2002:

Amendment SA 3232 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

COSPONSORS(8):

Sen Murkowski, Frank H. [AK] - 4/22/2002
Sen Byrd, Robert C. [WV] - 4/22/2002
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 4/22/2002
Sen Thompson, Fred [TN] - 4/22/2002
Sen Hollings, Ernest F. [SC] - 4/22/2002
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 4/22/2002
Sen Hagel, Chuck [NE] - 4/22/2002
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 4/22/2002

147 posted on 11/13/2007 9:22:45 PM PST by calcowgirl

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1924826/posts?page=138#138

SEC. 1001. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Evidence continues to build that increases in atmospheric concentrations of man-made greenhouse gases are contributing to global climate change.
(2) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that ``there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities’’ and that the Earth’s average temperature can be expected to rise between 2.5 and 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit in this century.

While I liked the no handraising stunt (and more GOPers should stand up to the MSM/DNC shills), Fred's prior position on GW is not all that much different than the others. And it highlights one of the major things that kept me from jumping on the Fred bandwagon from Day One --> his propensity to align with the Gang of 14 types as he did on this climate change bill.