US House Democrats reach climate change deal, vote soon

State-Run Reuters ^ | 6/23/09 | Richard Cowan

[Crazieman]

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives working on climate change bill said on Tuesday that they had reached a deal on difficult agriculture issues that will clear the way for a vote, and probable passage, in the chamber this week.

"We have an agreement finally," said House Agriculture Committee chairman Collin Peterson whose support has been widely sought by House Democratic leaders.

Representative Henry Waxman, a main proponent for legislation to reduce industrial emissions of carbon dioxide told reporters the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the Environmental Protection Agency, will be put in charge of overseeing some carbon reductions efforts by farmers, a major demand of farm-state Democrats in the House. Waxman also said that with this deal he thought there would be "a majority to pass the bill," in the House. (Reporting by Richard Cowan, Editing by Jackie Frank)

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[mojito]

May this 0bamanation of a bill die a quick death in the Senate.

[Crazieman]

ping

[randomhero97]

May this 0bamanation of a bill die a quick death in the Senate.

My advice is to prepare for enormous enery rate hikes and rolling blackouts.

[Eagles6]

My congresscritters are murtha, specter and casey. I will contact them once(lost causes) and spend my time emailing other congress folks who are on our side or undecided.

This will be a disaster. The light at the end of the tunnel will be the freight train of depression and tyranny headed straight for us.

Given enough time they have finally found a way to tax the air that we breathe.

[Tuketu]

They agreed that Fall will follow Summer!

[xcamel]

FReepmail me to get on or off

Ping me if you find one I've missed.

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Morons on parade..

[Boiling Pots]

They better hurry up and pass this bill, or we’re all doomed.

Who wants to die a slow, painful death by Global Warming?

If we act now, we can prevent catastrophe.

[Minn]

My advice is to prepare for enormous enery rate hikes and rolling blackouts.

And even after voters realize the monster their stupidity last fall unleashed and make a correction, the interests that will be entrenched by this scam will live on forever. Idiotic leftist initiatives are immortal once enacted. Same for socialized medicine. It's like current Dems in congress, even those in swing districts, are on a kamikaze mission. If their careers are a casualty of this rush to destroy everything decent about this country, they will just live on the lobbying circuit they created the market for while in power.

[Pox]

If this garbage is allowed to become law our Republic is truly finished.

[AU72]

Imhofe said the there is no way this is getting out of the Senate.

[kara2008]

Levin's opening segment tonight was about this monstrosity Cap and Tax (Cap and Kill) legislation.

He said the draft bill is 1,200 pages long and the vote is Friday. Like Porkulus, no one will have time to read it before voting on it.

Levin says they are only 8 votes shy of getting this passed. He said Pelosi is "offering everything and everything" to get the last remaining votes needed. (Mob rule anyone?)

Amerika, it was nice knowing you if this (and Health Care "reform", card check and immigration reform) passes.

[Carry_Okie]

The turkey has been micro-sected.

[kingpins10]

Smart-meters. Coming to a town near you.

In a few years the power co. will be able to cut your power from the main office. Oh snap.

[combat_boots]

# of pages = N

# of fees, restrictions and laws = X

% increase in utility rates = Y

$ of rise in gas prices = Z

# of congress humans who read it = 0

citizens affected = All

Contempt is not a strong enough word.

[combat_boots]

1200 f(#!ing pages. A Friday vote.

B@$tards.

[plain talk]

The bill aims to cap greenhouse-gas emissions at 17% of 2005 levels by 2020 and at roughly 80% by 2050, creating a market for companies to buy and sell the right to emit carbon dioxide and other gases. It also mandates a new renewable electricity standard and establishes new national building codes.

[chris37]

forget passing a bill to save us from the bogus hoax of “global warming”, we need a bill to save us from the rogue government of the USA, some of the most evil, corrupt, and disgusting people i have ever seen in my life.

[Tzimisce]

Cool.

I can’t wait to pay the bill for this. :)