Posted on 11/04/2009 1:07:04 PM PST by Mozilla
Even before a Senate committee could begin marking up the "Kerry-Boxer" climate bill, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) himself announced a new "track" of negotiations over climate policy that makes his original bill look somewhat irrelevant.
Kerry, appearing at the U.S. Capitol with Sens. Lindsay O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), said the three legislators would work with business groups and the White House to forge a compromise climate measure that could get 60 votes in the Senate.
These negotiations would be separate from the work that six different Senate committees are doing on climate legislation, including the markup that the Environment and Public Works committee was supposed to begin Tuesday, the senators said. Republican committee members, demanding more Environmental Protection Agency analysis of the bill's impacts, are boycotting that markup, so progress on the legislation has stalled.
Kerry said that the senators were not circumventing that committee's process or ignoring the bill being marked up -- which bears his name, along with that of Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). "We're going to take the best [of the bill the committee produces], and we're going to build on it," he said.
Kerry gave few details about when he and the other senators would be done with their work. "When and how it becomes a piece of legislation will be determined by Harry Reid," he said.
Kerry, Graham and Lieberman offered few details about the elements of a climate bill they considered non-negotiable. Graham said that the bill should protect the climate, but also allow for more offshore drilling, an expansion of nuclear energy and an emphasis on "clean coal" technology.
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“Kerry, Graham, Lieberman announce a “dual track” on the climate bill”
They are discussing what to have for dinner, and the lamb is unarmed.
Too bad the Viet Cong couldn’t hit their targets
Is their’s named the AlGore Enrichment Bill or is that the other track?
Can no one in SC reel Gram-nasty in?
The guy is no better than our Chuckie Cheese Schumer some days.
Oh?
These Three Stooges think a stink was and is being pitched over the Health Snare boondoggle?
They ain't seen nothing, yet.
Where’s McCain. Instead of the three stooges, we could have the four idiots.
Elections mean things. This is a trap for the Republicans. The Republicans need to be against everything the Dems are for to win 2010. It needs to be the party of stopping socialism in this country.
Hey, if you look closely you can see the Obamessiah’s face!
Grahamnesty needs a good ole fashion SC woodshedding - Where are his constituents?
Al’s Folly/Climate Bill = Tax Increase For All Americans
Yeah, but don’t know anything about the bill etc....supposedly it includes offshore drilling etc.
If it includes any form of cap and tax though, it needs to go down.
The first track involves taxing Americans to reduce carbon emissions to fight global warming. The second is to tax Americans to increase carbon emissions in order to fight global cooling.
We know Lieberman is in it because GE stands to benefit and GE has headquarters in Connecticut. When does Graham’s job come up? He needs to go as well.
McCain needs CYA for awhile. HE is up for re-election. Graham isn’t. So Mac can pretend to be almost conservative for a minute or two.
Graham won re-election last year and won be up another five years. He is a cancer on the party.
Ugh!
I hope that someone kicks that RINO in the ass.
I’m in the middle of reading “Climate Change Reconsidered”, a 700+ pages expose from the Center for the study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change.
It’s taking me a while to get through the book which reads like a textbook, but it is incredible the amount of evidence that disputes the popular notion that humans are to blame for climate change.
The whole thing is a hoax. Gore from the US and Maurice Strong of Canada leading the charge, are set to run the carbon emissions exchange that will be created to regulate energy use. The two stand to make a bundle, from a percentage of each trade.
Astonishing!!!
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