Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 09/07/2009 4:15:02 AM PDT by kingattax
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer is preparing to introduce climate-change legislation that would significantly alter the course of the nation's energy policy.
Passage of the bill would represent a defining moment -- both for the effort to curb global warming through pollution limits and for Boxer herself as she readies for what could be a tough 2010 re-election bid.
The California Democrat and part-time Riverside County resident will attempt to shepherd the bill through a conflicted Senate by the end of the year, when world leaders are scheduled to hold climate-change talks at a United Nations summit in Copenhagen.
It will be no easy feat. Critics are already lining up against the bill, saying it will kill thousands of jobs, cause household energy bills to skyrocket and do little to reduce the effects of climate change.
But success, Boxer said, would send a powerful message that the United States is going to take the lead in promoting alterative energy industries, and force other nations to follow.
"I'm convinced that a really good bill will be the launching pad for a great economic boom in our country," she said. "The country that does this is going to lead the 21st century economically."
Boxer had planned to introduce the bill Tuesday, when Congress returns from its August recess. But a combination of factors, including the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., forced her to delay it until later this month.
(Excerpt) Read more at pe.com ...
the effect would be exactly the opposite. these loons are either really insane or the planned destruction of america is their goal
Saying anything to stay elected is what you do when you are a democrat from a failing, morally and socially bankrupt state like Kalifornia...
Senator Barbara Boxer?
Oh! You mean the MADAM!!!
The Senate’s most stupid member introduces a very stupid bill.
the english language is woefully inadequate in providing the right words to accurately describe babs boxer.
This Eco nut has rotting bark for brains.
i think salvey was right about where she belongs
“I’m convinced that a really good bill will be the launching pad for a great economic boom in our country,” she said.
For her wallet, not ours.
In 2006 he registered 603 acres of black walnut trees on the Chicago Climate Exchange, one of their first clients.
You see this republican, Lugar, knew he could vote himself and his family a new market to get rich on.......I'm betting he planted them with a farm subsidy bill too.
I don’t think this Boring woman could safely Pass Gas.
Seen a recent pic of her?
She’s had so much plastic surgery I didn’t realize it was her.
Kinda Bruce Jenner syndrome.
“”part-time Riverside County resident “”
????? Perhaps a place in Palm Springs? I never knew she lived anywhere except in the Bay Area and in our pockets.
She wants to “save the planet.” We should tell her when she has solved the problem of earthquakes in CA, she can then tackle the planet. That should take awhile.
She is the nastiest woman in the Senate. I hope (one can still hope) that there are enough sane people in California left to send this witch packing in ‘010.
I would not hold my breath.
Let’s audit this loser’s carbon footprint now so we can show what a HUMBUG she really is!
There is no climate change that any bill by Boxer or any other dipstick Senator can change or effect.
If there is climate change it is Mother Nature doing the changing. We all know it doesnt pay to mess with Mother nature.
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