Senate Democrats advance climate bill without GOP (We must "KILL BILL"!)

AP via Yahoo ^ | 11/5/2009 | DINA CAPPIELLO

[PreciousLiberty]

WASHINGTON – Ignoring a Republican boycott, Senate Democrats pushed a precedent-setting climate bill through a key committee Thursday.

Rep. Barbara Boxer, chairman of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, had delayed the crucial vote for days because of a Republican protest over whether the cost of the legislation had been fully examined. But the California Democrat moved quickly to pass the bill, which for the first time would set mandatory limits on heat-trapping gases, without any of the seven GOP senators on the panel present. The measure cleared the panel on a 11-1 vote.

Boxer said the Republican demand for more analysis was "duplicative and waste of taxpayer dollars."

"Advancing the bill is a necessary step on the road to garnering the 60 votes we need," said Boxer, who introduced the bill along with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. in late September. "We are pleased that despite the Republican boycott, we have had the will to move this bill forward."

Of the 11 Democrats present at the vote, only one — Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. — voted against the legislation, saying that concerns he had with the bill were not fully addressed. The "yes" vote of Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., was added after the vote.

[PreciousLiberty]

The entire hypothesis of anthropogenic global warming has now been scientifically disproven "beyond a reasonable doubt".

Even if it WERE true, this bill wouldn't make a noticeable difference, at a cost of TRILLIONS as well as a much lower standard of living for us (between taxes and less technology innovation going forward).

WE NEED TO GET THE SENATE'S ATTENTION!

NO GLOBAL WARMING LEGISLATION OR TREATIES!!!

Call 'em, write 'em and e-mail 'em!

[Uncle Miltie]

Message: "MASSIVE MIDDLE CLASS TAX INCREASE!!!"

[Uncle Miltie]

Message: "MASSIVE EXPORT OF JOBS TO CHINA"

[EagleUSA]

Start making the 2010 list.

[Red Badger]

[Uncle Miltie]

Message: "MASSIVE INCREASE IN GAS PRICES

[stephenjohnbanker]

Also....MASSIVE POWER GRAB

[w1andsodidwe]

My questions to these fools is always “What are we saving the world for?”. Who would want to live in there utopian world? Seems that any technological advance is a no no, but outhouses are banned also. Their only solution seems to be “Get rid of Humans and Cows, and all will be well with the world.”

[Uncle Miltie]

Message: "MASSIVE INCREASE IN GRANDMA'S HEATING BILL"

[Uncle Miltie]

(Your point is absolutely true, of course. But you have to hit the Independents viscerally.)

[popdonnelly]

This has absolutely nothing to do with the environment. It has to do with Democrats increasing and retaining power - and making some of their supporters rich along the way.

[gwilhelm56]

**Call ‘em, write ‘em and e-mail ‘em!**

With all due respect to Congressman BACHMANN, today’s little party in DC should have INCLUDED Torches and PITCHFORKS.

I guess the DHIMS will to ANYTHING to keep ALBORE from having to get a REAL JOB..(guess the Burger King won’t hire him)

[EagleUSA]

Also....MASSIVE POWER GRAB
::::::::
Massive MARXIST TAKEOVER OF AMERICA.
This is as big a con-job as “health care”. It is all about POWER, CONTROL AND STEALING OUR WEALTH.

[PreciousLiberty]

ping

[a fool in paradise]

Good, I will live to see them prosecuted for the theft and fraud they are perpetrating. This is a LIE and nothing to do with “the environment”. The science is bunk just as the study of Eugenics was 100 years prior.

[freekitty]

If they keep this up; I see no future in politics; no pensions and a few jail cells lined up for these idiots.

[MissesBush]

I wonder if Lindsey Graham still plans to support this stinkburger.

[rockinqsranch]

Cap and Trade, AND Health Care are only about P-O-W-E-R for the Left. America IS the most powerful Nation on this Earth, and IS therefore their most important target to control. They must be defeated, and their aggressive organization rendered useless.

[PreciousLiberty]

“I wonder if Lindsey Graham still plans to support this stinkburger.”

He sure does, he’s running ads proclaiming that he’s working to “increase America’s energy independence”. Nice goal, completely wrong strategy. I guess Lindsey’s too stupid to see that.

Vote the bum out! He’s a RINO anyhow.

[TheDon]

Rep. Barbara Boxer, chairman of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, moved quickly to pass the bill, which for the first time would set mandatory limits on heat-trapping gases, without any of the seven GOP senators on the panel present.

So much for bipartisanship! We have put tyrants in charge of our gov't, and they are not disappointing us on that score. So long free America, we shall miss you...