Republicans and even some moderate Democrats have blasted it this week, but a $1.2 trillion House proposal to overhaul the nation’s health care system got an enormous boost Thursday when the country’s largest doctors group threw its weight behind the legislation.
In a letter to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), More…
After a full day of heated debate, the House of Representatives has just passed the landmark Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill, by a vote of 219-212.
The vote was largely along party lines, with 44 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote against it and 8 Republicans supporting passage.
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House lawmakers announced a deal last night on their sweeping proposal to tackle climate change, but not before the bill’s sponsors were forced to bow once more to a polluting industry that would be affected by the proposal.
Observers of this debate might recall that Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and More…
Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman (Calif.) and John Dingell (Mich.) introduced legislation yesterday granting the Food and Drug Administration more powers to monitor the nation’s food producers.
The Washington Post describes the bill as lending the FDA “broad new enforcement tools, including the authority to recall tainted food, the ability More…
It may not feel that way, but yes, there are other things happening today outside of the realm of Supreme Court nominations.
For instance, a coalition including veterans advocates, labor unions and an environmental group has begun running television ads blasting several House lawmakers for voting last week against More…
Even as some House Democrats moved closer last week to installing first-of-a-kind limits on the carbon emissions blamed for global warming, others are in a full-court press to kill a separate White House effort to curb those same greenhouse gasses.
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After threatening 450 amendments and other delays, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee appear to be playing ball, and against all odds, it actually looks like the landmark Waxman-Markey energy and climate will be voted out of committee tonight.
Tuesday’s hearing, the first day at which amendments More…
Since House Democrats this afternoon released their finalized version of legislation aiming to mitigate America’s role in global climate change, the response from environmentalists has been, well, not very encouraging. Here’s the statement just issued by Greenpeace:
Despite the best efforts of [Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry
This was predictable. House Democrats yesterday announced that they’ve watered down their climate change bill to satisfy the same polluters considered most responsible for changing climate trends. From The Washington Post:
That first draft called for a 20 percent reduction in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Under the
As the House works toward a deal setting new limits on carbon emissions, nuclear power is getting a boost from a core group of Democrats – the same lawmakers who have received the bulk of the industry’s campaign donations in recent years.
That electric utilities pushing for nuclear expansion More…
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