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Posted on 06/06/2008 6:45:43 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
U.S. carbon-capping climate bill dies in Senate
11 minutes ago
U.S. legislation that would have set up a cap-and-trade system to limit climate-warming carbon emissions died on Friday after a procedural vote in the Senate.
The bill aimed to cut total U.S. global warming emissions by 66 percent by 2050. Opponents said it would cost U.S. jobs and raise fuel prices in an already pinched American economy.
YES!
Where is the happy dancers?
Excellent!!!
R.I.P.
Well I guess there’s still hope... tho I almost wish they’d pass it - after 6 months when gas prices went up another $2 a gallon and people were ready to skewer the democrats for it, we’d be then done with it all.
But better it not even come close.
Tippee!
I mean Yippee!
The bill had no chance to begin with. It was just political posturing before the November elections. The Dems decided not to pursue it any further now because it was becoming a political liability and would have forced some of the Dems to go on the record on positions they would like to keep hidden until after the general elections.
Incidentally, this vote also shows us the importance that can be attached to simply showing up.
To paraphrase:
Whatever you do:
And note tagline.
Now someone smack Norm Coleman upside the head and tell him to stop supporting liberal causes.
Someone let McCain know that this stuff doesn't go over well too...
Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!
Wait’ll next year. Ugh.
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The Dems have been demogoguing this since Bush Sr. was President, and now they have their chance to pass it, but instead let it die.
Democrat thinking is divorced from logic.
God looks out for drunks, children and the Unites States of America.
Even Bernie Sanders said yesterday that this bill wouldn’t fly.
I’ll vote Conservative, thank you. My hope in many of the Republicans is gone.
McCain was for this piece of crap,I should vote for him because???
Ahhh...but you forget the cardinal rule of the US Government. Bad legislation is never repealed but rather is amended...
Dear Mr. Gore: Get a job...because you’re soooo scr****. We’re foreclosing on your house....and we’re taking away your cars. It’s what happens when you try to live off of “hard working” people.
Yahoo!
I don’t understand, Coleman voted against it
...because there is a HUGE difference between him and the Radical Left.
McCain is in favor of cap and trade legislation. Lieberman-Warner is just another version of the 2005 McCain-Lieberman.
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!
We survived Carter, we will survive Bambi Carter II.
“Someone let McCain know that this stuff doesn’t go over well too...”
http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/
“VOTE REPUBLICAN! It’s our only hope!”
You’ve got to be kidding. Sounds like a bad line out of the movie Star Wars.
As for your argument that those who “refuse to support McCain...cannot really imagine the Radical Left or a party like the 21st century Democrats”, I say baloney. The problem is that many of us conservatives know all too well what a danger the radical left poses. The problem is that by electing a Presidential candidate who represents a form of socialism-lite, you merely undercut the effectiveness of any Congressional opposition to radical socialism.
There will be too few conservatives in Congress after this election. They’re going to have a difficult enough time without having a leader whose first instinct when confronting socialism is to compromise, capitulate or kowtow.
This is good news. Unfortunately, this stupid bill will probably rear it’s ugly head again.
The politicians know that the idea of human caused warming is goofy.
The posturing is purely for votes from gullible people who have fallen for the Algore canard.
“McCain was for this piece of crap,I should vote for him because???”
Because your other option is Obama. Obama doesn’t think this small so you can expect much higher tax increases if he’s elected.
hoooray hip hip hoooray!!
made my day.
It will be back in the spring of 2009 no matter who wins in November.
For about 5 minutes. These loons aren't going anywhere. The rush is on to get this passed before enough people notice that there is no warming.
“We survived Carter, we will survive Bambi Carter II.”
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. Proverbs 27:11 NIV
As long as environmentalism remains big business...you are correct. It’s a billion-dollar industry.
When are the republicans going to acknowledge Conservatives? Modern day Republicanism leads us down the same road as the democrats.
No...the republican party in its' current form offers absolutely no hope for this country.
Breathe easier, now. Exhaling won’t be taxed.
“VOTE REPUBLICAN! It’s our only hope!”
You’ve got to be kidding. Sounds like a bad line out of the movie Star Wars.”
You’ve got to be kidding. The Good Guy Republicans stop a Democrat-written, Democrat-sponsored bill that amounts to the largest tax increase in our history. Read the news ...
“Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a global warming bill ...
Democratic leaders fell a dozen votes short of getting the 60 needed to end a Republican filibuster on the measure and bring the bill up for a vote. The 48-36 vote failed to reach even a majority, a disappointment to the bill’s supporters.”
As another person said ...
Thank God for Senator McConnell and Senator Inhofe!!
A Democrat majority and a Democrat president *WILL* pass this. If we had a Republican Senate majority, McConnell wouldnt let it out of the Senate. THE MORE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE, THE BETTER CHANCE WE HAVE TO STOP THIS NONSENSE.
“There will be too few conservatives in Congress after this election.”
Not if we support the conservatives running for Congress and Senate *NOW*.
“It will be back in the spring of 2009 no matter who wins in November.”
This is why we need conservative Republicans to win in the Senate!!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Of course, your wish presupposes that the average (or at least, enough) gas purchaser would be able to follow the trail of bread crumbs from democrat action (cause) all the way to high gas prices (effect).
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