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After delivering a blow to the American people by passing the health care bill without bipartisan support, some Senate Democrats are realizing the mistake and worried about their 2010 prospects. Enough so that the so-called moderate Democrats are lobbying the White House not to push for cap-and-trade legislation.
Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Ben [...]

Nobody likes uncertainty. Investors hate it with a passion. Business owners and operators also dislike uncertainty because it leaves a lot of question marks on its books. It’s understandable that two dozen major brands are urging the White House and the Senate to move on the climate bill:
But in a new open letter to President [...]

No new taxes on the middle class, remember that? President Obama made that promise to voters during the campaign, and so far in all his rhetoric he’s repeated that promise.
Too bad some of his Democrat colleagues like Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) thinks otherwise:
The West Virginia Democrat worries, however, that a lot of middle class workers, [...]

Dissent is rising among Democrats in the climate change bill, also known as cap-and-trade. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and some of his peers, Sens. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Kent Conrad (D) and Byron Dorgan (D) of North Dakota are in favor of putting this bill off because the scope is too large.
This bill passed in [...]

Don’t you just love how our elected officials insert provisions and amendments into bills to line their own pockets? For some reason they do not think they will be exposed. The Washington Times has an exclusive on Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO):
Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Colorado inserted a provision into the recently passed House climate change [...]

Soon-to-be ex-governor of Alaska Sarah Palin thinks it’s time to give the White House and cap-and-trade proponents a piece of her mind. Most of the time it’s the media that writes about her and her family, attacking them, making jokes at their expense. From her article in The Washington Post, the governor stays focused on [...]

President Obama must be happy that the House passed his climate change (cap-and-trade) legislation before the start of July, and now he wants everyone to know that the White House wants to help save Americans’ electricity bills by announcing new standards for lamps:
Obama said the new efficiency standards he was announcing for lamps would result [...]

I’m sure you are curious as to which Republican House members sided with the Democrat majority:
Mary Bomo Mac (CA-45)
Mike Castle (DE)
Mark Kirk (IL-10)
Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)
Leonard Lance (NJ-07)
John M. McHugh (NY-23)
Dave Reichert (WA-08)
Well, at least Minority Leader Boehner tried to “filibuster” it.
Let’s hope the outcome in the Senate is more encouraging.

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There is nothing wrong with a collective effort to reduce harmful pollutants into our environment, but is the proposed cap-and-trade legislation the right way to go? The WSJ offers a warning:
The hit to GDP is the real threat in this bill. The whole point of cap and trade is to hike the price of electricity [...]