OK folks, time to engage in our rights of citizenship. You know what to do. Phones and email contact info at the bottom. – Anthony
UPDATE2: test vote passes narrowly, 7 votes needed to defeat this bill – Anthony
UPDATE: C-SPAN1 is covering this live, there is a live media streaming page which you can access here:
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx
CSPAN also has live phone in. Phone in your comments: (202)585-3885 , -3886, -3887
From GreenHell blog the Waxman-Markey pre-vote count…
Waxman-markey pre-liminary head-count as of Thursday afternoon (courtesy Myron Ebell):
218 needed to win…
Yes
Yes = 175
Leaning Yes = 35
TOTAL = 210
Undecided = 20
No
No = 190
Leaning No = 14
TOTAL = 204
Undecided or Won’t Say:
Kirkpatrick Az
Boyd Fla
Brown Fla
Bishop Ga
R Kirk Ill
Foster Ill
Donnelly Ind
R Jones NC
McIntyre NC
R Frelinghuysen NJ
Tonko NY
Arcuri NY
Space Ohio (he voted for it in committee)
Carney Penna.
Davis Tenn
Al Green Tex
Jackson Lee Tex
Ortiz Tex
Eddie Bernice Johnson Tex
Kind Wisc
Leaning Yes:
Mitchell Az
Cardoza Calif
Costa Calif
Baca Calif
R Castle Del
Grayson Fla
Meek Fla
Kozmas Fla
Abercrombie Hi
Bean Ill
R Cao La
Kratovil Md
R Ehlers Mich
Kildee Mich
Schauer Mich
Peters Mich
Clay Mo
Skelton Mo
Thompson Miss
Shuler NC
Adler NJ
Lance NJ
Meeks NY
McMahon NY
Murphy NY
R McHugh NY
Maffei NY
Driehaus Ohio
Fudge Ohio
Kilroy Ohio
Cooper Tenn
Edwards Tex
Rodriguez Tex
Nye Va
Kagan Wisc
Leaning No:
Salazar Colo
Marshall Ga
Boswell Iowa
Minnick Idaho
Halvorson Ill
Etheridge NC
Kissell NC
Massa NY
Kaptur Ohio
Boccieri Ohio
R Gerlach Penna
Hinojosa Tex
Mollohan WV
Rahall WV
U.S. readers can use this link…
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
…to contact their representative and senators regarding the Waxman-Markey bill.
The link makes it very easy to send an email or make a phone call.
Use the US Representatives link after clicking on the link above since this vote will occur in the House of Representatives.
A one or two sentence email, or a one minute call is all that is necessary. Just mention that you’re a constituent of the Representative or Senator, that it’s a bad bill, and ask him/her to please vote against it.
Elected folks keep score. They have their staffs keep a tally of pro and con calls, letters and emails. If they hear from enough people, it can make a difference.
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Watching that bunch of scientific illiterates voting to “stop global warming” reminded me of our story of King Canute – who nearly drowned while sitting on his throne at the sea’s edge, trying to stop the tide coming in… The difference was that Canute did it to prove to his sycophantic courtiers that he wasn’t Divine and couldn’t do it, whereas your lot think that they can!
I hope you’re all correct about the powers of the Senate.
read my finacial acticle, important issues on today’s economy and the stock market crashing..
http://i-d-r.net/
I won’t hold my breath for the Senate to block the Bill. There are even fewer constitutionists over there than in the House.
Senate to vote on cap & trade….contact them.
FACTS: WHY VOTE AGAINST CAP & TRADE
http://factreal.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/facts-why-vote-against-cap-trade-hr2454/
Our government has gone completely insane!
There is no Man Made Global Warming.
Get these idiots out of Washington!
The most recent ice age ended when? Why? Mankind had nothing to do with it!
Are the Great Lakes a good thing? There are a result of the warm up!
The oceans levels are falling. The polar bears are not drowning.
Lawyers make terrible Congressman, Senators and Presidents!
The biggest problem of all is that once it can finally be shown that there is no global warming…. These green whackos will say “See? Cap and Trade is working. We must do even more!”
What is the EPA report to which Max refers way up above in one of the first posts?
In a couple of years, as we stand in the unemployment line, we’re going to be looking back and remembering the good ol’ days when Bush the oil man was president, and we were warm. Gather your sticks and start hoarding fuel, folks, you’re gonna need it soon.
California is bankrupt today, the rest of the country will not be far behind if this travesty is allowed to continue. A good idea would be to start learning the language of your new masters……and it’s not gonna be English.
The maddest part of it all is that we’re are doing this to ourselves in an attempt to make a colder planet. There are several other colder planets in the solar system……….and there is no life there.
Unfortunately my Congressperson is Climate Criminal #1, Nancy Pelosi, and my senators are idiot Barbara Boxer, and Dianne Feinstein. I bombard Pelosi regularly with stories from WUWT and Icecap, just to annoy her!
here in Italy where the ”European climate change” madness has taken hold a gallon of 91 octane gasoline cost ($ U.S.) $7.59 yep that’s seven dollars and fifty nine cents, have fun America you have voted for an African economy.
Congressmen Waxman and Markey:
You are a disgrace to this great Country of ours. You apparently want to make us fascist society. If you believe this so strongly, then why don’t you move to one of the Countries in Europe where such governments exist.
I dare you to personally answer this email.