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Workers and families in the state of Virginia may be wondering how climate change legislation before Congress will affect their income, their jobs, and the cost of energy. Members of Congress are considering a number of bills designed to address climate change. Chief among them is S. 2191, America's Climate Security Act of 2007, introduced by Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA). 1 The Lieberman–Warner legislation promises extraordinary perils for the American economy, should it become law, all for very little change in global temperature…perhaps even smaller than the .07 of a degree Celsius drop in temperature that...

The Senate's leading climate-change bill, while aiming to combat global warming by reducing carbon dioxide in the air, actually poses "extraordinary perils" for Americans and the economy, according to a new study from The Heritage Foundation. The study, produced by Heritage's Center for Data Analysis (CDA), forecasts severe consequences—including crushing energy costs, millions of jobs lost and falling household income—if Congress enacts the so-called Lieberman-Warner bill. What follows are 50 state-by-state breakouts of the impact the bill would have on jobs and the economy.

Senate Republicans began an unusual closed-door debate on climate change Wednesday that may portend a shift toward the position of the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). The meeting of the conference launched GOP efforts to find a common position on global warming, an issue on which Republicans have been sharply divided. The issue has taken on a greater urgency within Republican circles now that all the major presidential candidates, including McCain, support mandatory controls of greenhouse gases. This represents a sharp break with the Bush administration, which has fought such proposals vigorously. Wednesday’s meeting did not produce...

Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) is calling on presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) to sign on as a co-sponsor to his GI bill, which would improve educational benefits to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “McCain needs to get on the bill,” Webb told reporters after a Christian Science Monitor breakfast meeting on Wednesday. He said legislation mirroring the post-World War II GI bill should not be considered a “political issue.” Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Il.), the Democratic presidential candidates, both have signed on to the bill. In a major coup for...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John Warner's office says the Virginian has left a hospital and returned to work after doctors successfully treated his irregular heartbeat with new medications and rhythm treatments for atrial fibrillation.

WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Sen. John Warner, R-Va., was in a Virginia hospital Tuesday for observation of a heart condition. Warner, 81, has suffered atrial fibrillation, which can cause an irregular heartbeat, since last fall, his office said. On Monday, he "consulted with the capitol physician, completed his office appointments and left for a scheduled admission to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where he remains for observation," the office said in a statement Tuesday. Warner's heart rate and rhythm have been normal in recent months, the statement said, but he "recently experienced a return of atrial fibrillation" . . .

To The Honorable Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee During the Democratic Debate between Senators Clinton and Obama televised on the evening of February 21st, Senator Obama spoke of information passed on to him by an officer in the United States Army about our forces in Afghanistan suffering from a shortage of equipment and weapons. The very next day, a member and former Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Senator Warner, sent a letter to Senator Obama, asking for information about these charges. Senator Warner wrote: "...I, and I believe other members of SASC, have a responsibility to establish...

Sen. Warner Calls For Hearing on Obama's Taliban Claims Warner to Obama- "Bring it." Senator John Warner wants an explanation from Obama on his suspect attack on the military from an anonymous source that occurred 5 years ago.Click to EnlargeSenator John Warner (Rep.-Virginia) sent Barack Obama a letter about the claims he made against the military last night during his debate with Hillary Clinton. (Washington Post pdf) From today's AP article on the outrageous claims by Senator Obama on the military: Sen. John Warner, a supporter of likely GOP presidential nominee John McCain, sent Obama a letter Friday asking...

A former Talk-Show host on this station once announced a "RINO Hunt" at election time. "Time to purge the party of anybody who isn't a lock-step conservative," he said. So this host went ‘a huntin’. And he laughed with glee every time a Republican moderate lost an election. "That'll teach 'em," he said. Ok, if you say so. But I just checked: It’s been four years since his great "RINO Hunt," and each of those seats, where he was so gleeful to see the “Republican In Name Only” lose, is now occupied by a Democrat. Now, why was he so...

Dallas, TX - The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is expected today to debate amendments to a bill proposed by Sens. Lieberman (I-CT) and Warner (R-VA) that would create a "cap and trade" system designed to cut total U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions. Yet an expert with the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) says the cap and trade system would slow economic growth with little if any environmental improvement to show for it. "Back in 1997 the Senate took the sensible position that the U.S. should not adopt any climate treaty that would either harm the economy or that...

WASHINGTON -- Democrats turned back repeated efforts by Republican senators to soften the economic impact of a global warming bill before advancing it out of a Senate committee on Wednesday. It was the first bill calling for mandatory U.S. limits on so-called greenhouse gases to be taken up in Congress since global warming emerged as an environmental issue more than two decades ago. The bill was approved 11-8 by the Environment and Public Works Committee. GOP critics of the bill argued that limiting greenhouse gas emissions could become a hardship because of higher energy costs. But Sen. John Warner of...

Senate panel OKs global warming bill By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer 9 minutes ago Democrats turned back repeated efforts by Republican senators to soften the economic impact of a global warming bill before advancing it out of a Senate committee on Wednesday. It was the first bill calling for mandatory U.S. limits on so-called greenhouse gases to be taken up in Congress since global warming emerged as an environmental issue more than two decades ago. The bill was approved 11-8 by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. GOP critics of the bill argued that limiting greenhouse gas...

Global Warming Vote on Snowy Day in Washington: Senate committee debates expensive climate change bill as two inches of snow blanket D.C. Nothing inspires taking on the “planetary emergency” of global warming like the first snow of the winter in Washington, D.C. As two inches of snow accumulated outside the U.S. Capitol, the Senate’s Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee debated “historic” global warming legislation sponsored by Sens. John Warner (R.-Va.) and Joe Lieberman (I.-Conn.). “We look around right now and see the snow on the trees – standing out here and say ‘Where is global warming when you need...

Please call Senator and House members of the Defense Authorization conference committee and urge them to remove the Hate Crimes provision in the Defense spending bill. Down to the Wire on Hate (Thought) Crimes December 4, 2007 - Tuesday In an attempt to force the veto pen of President Bush, liberals on Capitol Hill have inserted the hate (thought) crimes language into the Defense Authorization bill expanding both the definition of hate crimes and of those who can be found culpable under these provisions. The definition is broadened to include sexual orientation among the protected classes, elevating sexual attraction...

November 16, 2007 Posted By Marc Morano - Marc_Morano@EPW.Senate.Gov - 11:25 AM ET [Note: Watch the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's new TV ad opposing the Lieberman-Warner global warming cap-and-trade bill. LINK to New 30 Second TV Ad ] LIEBERMAN-WARNER GLOBAL WARMING BILL LOSING MOMENTUM "Senators are going to be asking the American people to pay more for home energy and pay higher prices at the gas pump for no climate benefit. This bill will simply result in real economic pain, for no climate gain." - Senator James Inhofe (LINK) Momentum Fades as Opposition Grows: Widely respected non-partisan Charles River Associates...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John Warner was admitted to a Virginia hospital for observation on Wednesday following a minor surgical procedure on his leg, his office said in a statement. Warner, a Virginia Republican who is an influential voice on military policy, had returned to Inova Fairfax Hospital for a scheduled appointment and was admitted after doctors determined that he had a low-grade infection, the statement said. "Doctors expect the senator to fully recover and return as early as next week to his regular work schedule," the statement said. This is the third time this month that Warner, 80,...

Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is expected to announce that he will not be running for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. John Warner, according to a senior Virginia Republican familiar with Davis’ plans. The seven-term congressman began telling close friends of his intentions last week. His decision would leave former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore as the only GOP Senate candidate left in a state that had been reliably Republican but where Democrats have won two consecutive governor’s races and, in 2006, unexpectedly nabbed the other Senate seat.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Republicans will hold a convention instead of a primary to choose their candidate to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. John W. Warner, upsetting critics who say it makes the party appear closed off. The state party's central committee voted 47-37 on Saturday in favor of a convention. No date or location was decided. Former Gov. Jim Gilmore and U.S. Rep. Tom Davis have expressed interest in seeking the GOP nomination. Supporters of Gilmore wanted a convention, while Davis backers had argued for a primary. John Warner, 80, announced in August he would not seek a sixth...

WASHINGTON -- According to his office, Virginia Sen. John Warner was admitted to a hospital Tuesday to correct an irregular heartbeat. A statement said Warner, who is 80, had a procedure to correct an atrial fibrillation. A second, routine procedure will be performed Wednesday and doctors expect Warner to be home for the weekend and return to work next week. Warner announced in August that he won't seek a sixth term in 2008. He said at the time that he still felt spry enough to handle the demands of another term. According to the American Heart Association, about 2.2 million...

Virginia Senator John Warner underwent a procedure Tuesday to correct atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a disorder of the heart that causes blood to be pumped incompletely. This condition could then lead to clots in the arteries which could then cause a stroke. According to a statement from the Senator's office, Warner will have a second routine procedure performed on Wednesday. -snip-