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Briefing Book | Once more to the trough

By The Phoenix Sun

If it weren’t for mixed messages, the US Senate wouldn’t be sending any messages at all. Yesterday, WaPo ran a story about how the Senate, once hot to trot on passing a climate change bill, had decided to rein it in. Climate legislation got its first hearing before Senator Barbara Boxer’s Environment committee on Tuesday.... »

LCV to Congress: Vote against Climate bill, you’re dead to us

By The Phoenix Sun

For a solidly mainstream green group, the League of Conservation Voters took a pretty radical step today. In an unprecedented move, the LCV sent letters to all members of the U.S. House with this promise: Vote against the “American Clean Energy and Security Act” (HR 2454), and you can forget about getting the conservation group’s... »

ACES | Say, who was that Republican, anyway?

By The Phoenix Sun

After months of planning, long days of contentious hearings and a final four day marathon push, the nation’s first bill to address global warming comprehensively passed out of the House Energy & Commerce Committee last Thursday night on a nearly party-line vote of 33-25. As expected, a few conservative Democrats voted against HR 2454, “The... »

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The Phoenix Sun Supports HR 554

"Congress should change its rules to require that non-emergency legislation and conference reports be posted on the Internet for 72 hours before debate begins."

Sign the petition at www.readthebill.org

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