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GOP Graham's endorsement boosts climate bill
Washington Times ^
| October 12, 2009
| Edward Felker
Posted on 10/12/2009 6:04:19 PM PDT by RobinMasters
The surprise endorsement of climate-change legislation by a leading Senate Republican has jump-started the languishing proposal but also has raised the prospect that it will include two major items that environmentalists dislike: more nuclear power and more offshore oil drilling.
In an op-ed published Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina joined with Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the chamber's leading Democratic advocate of climate legislation, to promote a bipartisan plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
They proposed a compromise that reduces U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions - which are widely considered to contribute to climate change - through a market-based "cap and trade" system, combined with a "clean energy" program providing incentives for nuclear power, offshore oil and gas drilling, and coal emissions controls.
Analysts from the political left and right expressed optimism that the unexpected alliance will improve the bill's chances of passage. The House narrowly passed its version this summer, but the Senate has long been considered a much tougher sell.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 111th; graham
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To: ExTexasRedhead; justiceseeker93; traderrob6; OL Hickory; socialismisinsidious; trlambsr; Altera; ...
To: RobinMasters
Swishy Graham is hardly a Republican leader, rather he’s a patsy like the rest of the RINOs!
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:05:44 PM PDT
by
IbJensen
(If Catholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
To: RobinMasters
Senator Graham is an idiot. Pure and simple.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:06:57 PM PDT
by
T Lady
(The MSM: Pravda West)
To: IbJensen
Can’t they even wait for Copenhagen?
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:07:17 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
To: RobinMasters
...promote a bipartisan plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Here's an idea. Keep your mouths shut and quit breathing. That'll stop some of the CO2 from entering the atmoshere. A couple of idiots! If Grahamnesty is a republican leader, then I'm the Pope!
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:10:09 PM PDT
by
Road Warrior ‘04
( I'll miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! The "other" Jim Thompson)
To: RobinMasters
Come on Lindsy, expose your blackmailer.
You can’t possibly believe this crap!
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:10:49 PM PDT
by
G Larry
( Obamacare=Dying in Line!)
To: RobinMasters
He is being blackmailed, and it must be serious.
No other sane explanation.
Global Warming and Cap & Trade are nonsense.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:10:52 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.)
To: G Larry
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:11:25 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.)
To: Bushbacker1
atmoshere = atmosphere
Spell check can be your friend.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:11:45 PM PDT
by
Road Warrior ‘04
( I'll miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! The "other" Jim Thompson)
To: Texas Fossil
Somebody finally came out with those pictures of Lindsey with the goat.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:14:33 PM PDT
by
USMA '71
((Re-elect no one!))
To: RobinMasters
It’s all about creating a new derivatives market..more casino capitalism.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:14:56 PM PDT
by
usshadley
(It's time to choose..the empire or the republic? You can't have both. Time is running out.)
To: RobinMasters
A Senator from “The Stupid Party” saves the day for liberals again.
Idiot.
To: RobinMasters
He’s the Junior Maverick....
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:17:15 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Love my country. Hate my government./Barack Obama: An authentic "African American.")
To: RobinMasters
If Lindsay gets us a few my nuclear plants and drilling off shore with a bunch more refineries, my hat is off to him. Not holding my breath though
To: RobinMasters
Been hearing for years about little Lindsey's exploits at a D.C. "bar". Everyone in S.C. knows about his "lifestyle". Surely there are photos, or video. Surely there are former "acquaintances" who can be prevailed upon to come forward.
Now is the time. End this vile creature's career.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:19:12 PM PDT
by
montag813
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. -George Orwell)
To: RobinMasters
Lindsey’s turned into an asshole
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:23:00 PM PDT
by
The Wizard
(I support Madame President)
To: RobinMasters
Crap N Trade and Govt health care together will cost the average half their income one day.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:23:29 PM PDT
by
GeronL
("On my twelfth day in office, Nobel nominated me..")
To: RobinMasters
Questions for John F'n Kerry and his girlfriend Lindsey:
Where do I buy sunspot credits?
Since volcanoes spew more 'pollutants' than man, will the Climate Czar invent a mountain-plug to sequester the lava?
Will Congress outlaw tectonic plate shifting?
Where's my bombed moon, my leaking levy, my smashed-up American dream, my sunspot credits, my gas-guzzling limo, my carbon-spewing private jet?
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:23:31 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: G Larry
Come on Lindsy, expose your blackmailer.Someone must have pictures of him doing little boys.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:25:14 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
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