This analysis appeared this morning on FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right, which is a web site that analyzes polling and voting data written by Nate Silver and Sean Quinn.
Category: Climate & Energy
Complete version of Waxman-Markey
Click here for the 1428-page Waxman-Markey bill.
Hot text: Waxman-Markey & 3am Amendment
Civil War? Blue vs. red on green
Michael Barone points out that the Waxman-Markey triumph in the House boils down to blue states (Northeast and West Coast) voting against red states (everywhere else) — to make one giant green state.
Green Hell nears: Waxman-Markey atrocity passes House 219-212
… let’s kill it in the Senate!
Neal: Alarmism is the ‘science of our times’
Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) said that it was hard to work with Republicans because many of them reject global warming, which Neal called “the science of out times.”
Butterfield: W-M ‘literally will save the planet’
Rep. G.K. Butterfield says that Waxman-Markey “literally will save the planet.”
Phew…
McCotter: W-M ‘nuts on its face’
Rep. Thadeus McCotter (R-MI) declaimed Waxman-Markey as “nuts on its face.”
Latest: Dems lacks votes…
Carbon Control News reports at 1:35pm ET that
… the majority currently lacks the votes to pass the landmark cap-and-trade proposal.
But Politico reports that
Dems smell victory…
Stay tuned…
Waxman-Markey is Obama photo-op
A Texas congressman said that W-M is no more than a photo-op for Obama in Copenhagen while the Chinese and Indians laugh behind our back.
Dingell: Waxman-Markey is USCAP-approved
Rep. John Dingell (D-General Motors) said that the endorsement of Waxman-Markey by USCAP (i.e., our eco-industrial Big Brother) proves the bill is worthy. Dingell also threatened EPA regulation.
Engel: Trust and hope…
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) urged support for Waxman-Markey on the hope that it can be improved after it is enacted…