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Tea Party Representatives Introduce Important Bills on First Day
The 112th Congress was sworn in on January 5, but already a number of bills have been introduced that might interest Liberty Central readers: Bill Number Sponsor Short Summary HR 2 Rep. Cantor (VA) To repeal ‘Obamacare’ HR 21 Rep. Garrett (NJ) To repeal the Obamacare individual mandate HR 59...
Griffith hits Boucher on Cap and Trade vote
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), running for re-election in Virginia’s 9th Congressional district, is taking heat from his challenger, Morgan Griffith, for his support of the cap and trade. Griffith, who is putting up a strong challenge to Boucher, says that the vote to support cap and trade is a betrayal...
Taxpayer Wind Subsidies Won’t Curtail CO2 Emissions
Around thirty states including California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Hawaii have mandated or are planning to mandate that utility companies produce some amount of their electricity from renewable sources like wind, solar, or geothermal sources. However, most utilities companies will opt to use wind because it is the only renewable source...
DC Examiner: A Welcome Round of Layoffs
It wasn’t all that long ago that the Chicago Climate Exchange was expected to be the next big thing. As the market for indulgences carbon credits developed – and especially as cap and trade took effect – millions of people were going to begin trading credits on the exchange. Two...
Cap and Trade: It’s the Cost, Stupid
Vincent Carroll writes in today’s Denver Post that the liberal lament that cap and trade bills continue to fail in Congress because of “partisanship and gridlock” is wrong. The reality is that cap and trade fails because of the costs to consumers, damage to business and lack of technological innovation....
State-by-State Cost of Kerry-Lieberman
This is from the American Council on Capital Formation and the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council. First, the overview: U.S. economic growth slows: U.S. economic growth slows under the Kerry-Lieberman bill, especially in the post-2025 period as the free emission allowances are phased out for both energy producers and energy...
Four States Can Stop Lame Duck Threat
Phil Kerpen points out that 4 Senators elected on November 2 will be seated more or less immediately, giving them a vote in any lame duck session Congress may convene: The winners in Delaware, Illinois, and West Virginia could be the vital deciding votes on these major policy issues… There...
Pelosi: Cap and Trade Could Pass in Lame Duck
[activate url="http://act.libertycentral.org/9/3437/stop-lame-duck-session/" target="_self" is_slanted="false"] In recent days, we have chronicled the accounts of Congressional leaders promising action on controversial issues in a lame duck session of Congress. The latest report comes from an attendee of Netroots Nation, a recent gathering of liberal activists. According to one attendee, House Speaker Nancy...
Press Secretary Gibbs: Cap & Trade Could Come Back in Lame Duck
Senate Democrats are preparing to consider a stripped-down energy bill – one which omits the controversial cap and trade provisions. Headlines in many media outlets imply that because cap and trade is currently out of the bill, the proposal itself is dead. Liberty Central has pointed out by contrast, that...
Press Secretary Gibbs: Cap & Trade Could Come Back in Lame Duck
Senate Democrats are preparing to consider a stripped-down energy bill – one which omits the controversial cap and trade provisions. Headlines in many media outlets imply that because cap and trade is currently out of the bill, the proposal itself is dead. Liberty Central has pointed out by contrast, that...