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FF_Canuck
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 Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:50 am Post subject: US Senate abandons Cap & Trade |
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Via Kate @ SDA: | Quote: | Conceding that they can't find enough votes for the legislation, Senate Democrats on Thursday abandoned efforts to put together a comprehensive energy bill that would seek to curb greenhouse gas emissions, delivering a potentially fatal blow to a proposal the party has long touted and President Obama campaigned on...
...Democrats have not ruled out pushing for a more extensive measure when Congress returns from its August recess or in the session after the November midterm elections, although it's not clear that any of the Democrats or Republicans who now oppose a more expansive measure would change their minds. |
LINK. Of course, the Democrats will almost certainly lose their current 'super majority' in the Senate, and many newly elected Senators will be seated immediately. Which means that Cap and Trade is more or less dead in the water, on both sides of the border. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:45 am Post subject: |
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| Following Obama's lead was perhaps the smartest and most pro-active yet looking positive in the public eye route to destroy Cap & Trade. |
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DavidK
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| It amazes me how people can even support a scam like this. This was something environmentalists were really worried about in the 90s, no? Carbon credits and big businesses? |
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JDot
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| cosmostein wrote: | | Following Obama's lead was perhaps the smartest and most pro-active yet looking positive in the public eye route to destroy Cap & Trade. |
Co-Sign...
What more can you say..... |
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