Cap and trade vote today, complete with AP spin; Update: 300-page, last-minute amendment

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[keep your powder dry]

In pre-Norman England, King Canute once had his bearers carry him to the sea, where he ordered the ocean to recede. Often this story is told to indict Canute for having delusions of grandeur, but historians usually agree that Canute intended to teach a lesson to his court, whose profuse flattery had annoyed the king to distraction. Why does Canute come to mind today? For some reason, I thought of it when I read the AP’s lead to their coverage of the cap-and-trade bill coming to the House floor for a vote:

A handful of undecided Democrats hold the key to whether the House will confront global warming and begin a shift away from fossil fuels to cleaner sources of energy.

Well, that’s not biased coverage at all, is it? “Whether the House will confront global warming” implies that all debate has ceased on the subject, while in truth it has intensified. Kim Strassel notes the increasing skepticism in today’s Wall Street Journal:

Among the many reasons President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority are so intent on quickly jamming a cap-and-trade system through Congress is because the global warming tide is again shifting. It turns out Al Gore and the United Nations (with an assist from the media), did a little too vociferous a job smearing anyone who disagreed with them as “deniers.” The backlash has brought the scientific debate roaring back to life in Australia, Europe, Japan and even, if less reported, the U.S.

[MaestroLC]

What's a few extra pages of dead wood added to a bill no one has read but will vote for, thus killing the American economy for generations to come. But at least we will have saved Mother Earth from CO2 and SUVs.

Our Congress is disgusting.

[trtdenver]

Call Congress now! These REPUBLICANS are considering a yes vote:

Vern Buchanan (FL-13): 202-225-5015
Joseph Cao (LA-02): 202-225-6636
Vern Ehlers (MI-03): 202-225-3831
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11): 202-225-5034
Jim Gerlach (PA-06): 202-225-4315
Tim Johnson (IL-15): 202-225-2371
Mark Kirk (IL-10): 202-225-4835
Chris Smith (NJ-04): 202-225-3765

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Rollback 2010 !

[Ahithophel]

Call these Republican fence-sitters (per Mark Levin's website) and tell them to vote NO on Cap & Trade:

Bartlett (MD) (202) 225-2721

Bono Mack (CA) (202) 225-5330

Castle (DE) (202) 225-4165

Dent (PA) (202) 225-6411

Ehlers (MI) (202) 225-3831

Frelinghuysen (NJ) (202) 225-5034

Gerlach (PA) (202) 225-4315

Inglis (SC) (202) 225-6030

Tim Johnson (IL) (202) 225-2371

Kirk (IL) (202) 225-4835

Lance (NJ) (202) 225-5361

LoBiondo (NJ) (202) 225-6572

Petri (WI) (202) 225-2476

Platts (PA) (202) 225-5836

Ros-Lehtinen (FL) (202) 225-3931

[Migraine]

A handful of undecided Democrats hold the key

Does anybody have a list of these????

[jpl]

Now that America is distracted by all the Michael Jackson nonsense, the lowlife scum running the country is trying to take advantage of it by ramming this travesty through. It's despicable.

We have to act now people. Don't let them get away with it!

[La Lydia]

This “amendment” is in effect going to be the final version of the bill, which no one but Waxman’s staff has read in its entirety.

[twigs]

I thought Gerlach was a conservative!

[sheikdetailfeather]

I am trying to reach the reps and the lines are busy but I will not give up. This bill is a life changer for all of us! I am fed up with the Michael Jackson marathon coverage on the news!!!

[P-Marlowe]

I tell you one thing. If there is such a thing as “global warming”, it must be getting pretty darn warm on some part of the globe because I live in a semi-arid desert area and I have not turned my air conditioner on once since late last summer. The average high temperature is about 10 degrees cooler than normal for a June here. And this was the coldest winter and spring we ever experienced.

[keep your powder dry]

if that....

[sheikdetailfeather]

FYI-Bartlett (MD) is opposed to the bill per their office. (I just got through) Mark Levin said on his radio show that Peter King is also going to vote no.

[RobinOfKingston]

A handful of undecided Democrats hold the key

Does anybody have a list of these????

Here's one of them.

Walt Minnick, D-Idaho 202-225-6611

The kid who answers the phone is getting tired of hearing from me.

[sheikdetailfeather]

LEVIN SURGE - CALL THESE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AT
202-224-3121 AND TELL THEM NO TO CAP AND TRADE

Repubs:
Bartlett (MD)
Bono Mack (CA)
Castle (DE)
Dent (PA)
Ehlers (MI)
Frelinghuysen (NJ)
Gerlach (PA)
Inglis (SC)
Tim Johnson (IL)
Kirk (IL)
Lance (NJ)
LoBiondo (NJ)
Petri (WI)
Platts (PA)
Ros-Lehtinen (FL)

Democrats:
Altmire (PA)
Bright (AL)
Dahlkemper (PA)
Drieshaus (OH)
Ellsworth (IN)
Kissell (NC)
Kratovil (MD)
Kanjorski (PA)
Minnick(ID)
Teague (NM)

[PreciousLiberty]

Yes, another sterling example of the 0bama administration trying to rush through as “emergency” legislation that’s just not - cap & tax might possibly have a measurable effect in 100 years...

Call out the crooks in Congress! Also, attend a Tea Party around July 4!

Don’t miss the live C-SPAN thread at:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279994/posts

[Hoodat]

My biggest question is this:

Are liberals doing this out of ignorance? Or are they knowingly doing it to destroy America?

[sheikdetailfeather]

I just got through to DEMOCRAT Altmire’s office in Aliquippa, Pa. (724-378-0928) HE IS AGAINST CAP AND TRADE PER THE PERSON WHO ANSWERED THE PHONE.

[09Patriot]

they are knowningly doing it. one way to level the playing field. they think we will not notice this since we have Hopey Mcchange talking all purdy

[ml/nj]

Who writes a "300-page, last-minute amendment"? I think there's more to this "amendment" than is being told.

ML/NJ