Update: Sen. Murkowski's bill failed in the senate, 47 to 53. Six democrats crossed over: Mark Pryor, Evan Bayh, Ben Nelson, Jay Rockefeller, Blanche Lincoln, and Mary Landrieu. No Republicans voted against Murkowski.
So, there is some pretty interesting stuff going on in Washington today. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has brought a bill to the floor that would ban the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Say wha?!? If not the EPA, then whom?!? Well, according to Sen. Murkowski, that power should be reserved for congress.
"Such regulation will ultimately endanger job creation, economic growth and America's competitiveness," Murkowski said.
Apparently, if something has even the slightest chance of costing America any money whatsoever, its a no go with congressional republicans. It doesn't matter if over 250 species will be extinct by the year 2050 (national geographic).
You might recall that Kerry and Lieberman had been working on a climate bill a bit back, they proposed it in May. Of course, it wasn't supported by people like Sen. Murkowski. Kerry actually brought up quite a good point:
"If you don't want the EPA to do it, then the Senate needs to provide some adult leadership to pass a comprehensive climate and energy bill instead of keeping our heads in the sand and then tying the hands of the EPA"
Shawn
2 comments:
shawn, it is amazing how up to date you are, and how well written everything is, and how imaginative !!!!!!!thank you so much !
Great article, Shawn.
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