Senate panel approves Democratic climate bill
Thur Nov 5, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday approved a Democratic climate change bill that would require industry to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases 20 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels.
With Republicans boycotting the committee’s work saying more analysis of the legislation was needed, 10 Democrats voted to approve the legislation and one Democrat, Senator Max Baucus, voted against it.
The bill will now become one of several initiatives aimed at attacking global warming. Senator John Kerry is leading an effort with some Republicans and the White House to craft a compromise bill, which likely would not be voted on by the full Senate until next year at the earliest.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE5A42WB20091105
November 5, 2009 at 10:07 pm |
Neo-cons have been asleep the entire last and this century. Thats why nothing ever gets done on there watch.Thank God for progressives….we get things done!!
November 5, 2009 at 11:20 pm |
Yeah- Stalin, Mao and Hitler got some stuff done, too.
It’s the “stuff” they’re “doing” that “smells”.
November 7, 2009 at 4:00 am |
It amazes me how neo-cons constantly compare our brilliant President to historical mass murderers. Tell me who has Obama killed that causes you too make these looney comparisons????