Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 02/23/2010 10:55:39 AM PST by mdittmar
Democratic leaders launched a last gasp effort today to try to resurrect a climate change bill before Congress, which is seen as vitally important in sealing a global deal to tackle global warming.
Although the bill had virtually been pronounced dead for 2010 Senator John Kerry fuelled speculation that Democrats will take one last run this spring at trying to get Congress to act on one of Barack Obama's key campaign promises.
"We are on a short track here in terms of piecing together legislation that we intended to roll out," Kerry told an energy forum in Washington DC.
Some reports suggest Kerry and his allies could lay out their plans for energy and climate change reforms as early as this week. But, after the problems of healthcare reform, a number of key Democratic Senators remain hesitant about taking on another ambitious and controversial project in the run-up to November's mid-term elections.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration scaled back and delayed its plans to use its regulatory authority to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in case Congress fails to act. Lisa Jackson, who heads the Environmental Protection Agency, told Congress today she expects the agency to weaken the rules for reducing emissions from power plants and delay their implementation until 2011.
Kerry, a Democrat, and two other Senators — the South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham and Independent Joe Lieberman — have been trying to cobble together a bill acceptable to Republicans and oil and coal state Democrats as well as the liberal wing of Obama's party.
Kerry said that the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, now wanted to take up energy reform. "He affirmed he wants a bill and he wants a bill soon," Kerry said.
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Have a “bi-partisan summit” and get the pubs to roll over.
Gads these people are dumber then a sack a rocks.
This underscores one imoportant issue.
ITS TIME FOR LINDSEY GRAHAM TO GO BYE BYE FROM PUBLIC OFFICE OF ANY KIND!!
The year that was going to be all about jobs is now going to about beating dead horses.
do they enjoy looking like idiots?
Hey voters, get a load of this!
Sure.
Why not triple energy costs in the midst of the first depression in 70 years.
Republican - the party of no! (Because someone has to be the grown-up around here.)
I saw this Bill “The Science Guy” on the Factor last night. What a piece of work. They just keep pointing to all the studies of the IPCC, which is and will continue to be useless to their efforts. The only reason they don’t just give up is because they look like idiots, are idiots, and will blame the light bulbs on Bush when they create a serious environmental problem down the road.
Having the current crop of maroons in Congress lording over the American people is sort of like putting your pre-school kids in charge of your household, while giving them full access to all of your financial accounts.
Except that we love our children.
They are not stupid - they are making a money grab.
More like giving your teenage son the keys to the Corvette and a bottle of Jack Daniels and telling him to go have fun.
My father was a drunk, a gambler and a womanizer.
I worshipped him.
Will there be hearings? I would pay dearly (in carbon credits if necessary) to see THOSE fireworks!
Every bit of liberalism is a joke from global warming to “gay” marriage, the insane trumping sanity.
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