The Waxman-Markey pre-vote count – where you can help

Please note that the Vote is on Friday after the Markets Close. This is by design because if they delay the vote over into Saturday Morning the public outrage will subside because of the weekend, easier to influence a Member when their pesky constituents are not jamming the phone lines.
Do Not Let Up on Calls Until the VOTE is over.
Also that gives the Sunday Talk show spin doctors a chance to handle the results either way. Always release potentially bad news after 5PM ET on Friday, SOP for Congress.
I am looking for the Market reaction to the vote on Monday. Business reporters have basically dismissed this as not going to pass, but it is going to be close.

This could also be refered to as the bill to reduce the electricity rates for California. One wise writer noted today that this bill will equalize electricity rates across the country. Punishing those who use coal and rewarding those who so not.

I called my Congressman R. Cliff Stearns of the 6th district of Florida. He voted No this morning and he will vote No again. If anyone is trying the call the congressional switchboard you will have a very tough time getting through, I could not get through for like an hour. I finally looked up his direct line on http://www.congress.org I suggest any one to use this site find the direct line to thier Rep’s. My first attempt went through perfectly. Huurahhh, for Florida having a brain.

Re: nanny_govt_sucks (12:16:00) :
“The NYT has picked up the carbon gate scandal story”
The NYT has a vested interest in disasters. Disasters sell newspapers.
This time they are wrong because it will be an economic disaster and
no one will have the money to buy their expensive rag. Oops!
Having said that, I like their chess column by McClain.

Picked up by the Washington Examiner
CEI releases global warming study censored by Obama’s EPA
By: Kevin Mooney 06/26/09 12:09 PM EDT

Natural forces as opposed to human activity are largely responsible for temperature fluctuations, according to a new study the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released today as Congress prepares to vote on global warming legislation. . . .
Internal email messages show the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suppressed the report and silenced the author because the scientific evidence did not square with the Obama administration’s agenda of regulating carbon dioxide, CEI claims. The EPA has become overly reliant upon outdated information from the United Nations and has ignored major new scientific developments, the censored study concludes. New scientific data highlighted in the report shows that ocean cycles and solar cycles are probably the most important factors behind temperature fluctuations. Moreover, satellite information now indicates there is little chance of endangerment from greenhouse gases, according to the report. . . .
Some of the major developments overlooked by EPA official include a continued decline in global temperatures, an emerging consensus that hurricanes will not be more frequent or intense and new studies that demonstrate water vapor will have a moderating influence on temperature.

A Florida rep. said he wanted a 50Million dollar hurricane research center in his district. He was told they had money for such things and would work on getting it done. Talk about buying votes.

A little late, but people should realize that attacking people after they vote yes is not the best way to do things. People should have been campaigning just as the proposal was presented. This lowers the brand and sends leaners running. A useful comparison is when Democrats attacked the “Polluter’s BIll of Rights” when Newt Gingrich was speaker. This sent the moderate Republicans running, and set the stage for Democrats taking another 15 seats or so(generally from those same moderates.)

I read most of the full text version of the Bill Draft. All I can say is we are creating a monster that will surely turn on us.
This bill isn’t about saving the planet. It’s purpose is to level the playing field. Before the U.S. can join the New World Order, we have to cease to be a super power and become an equal to the rest of the world’s nations. Only then will we give up our sovereignty as a small token to be responsible partners in the misguided quest to “save the planet.” How better to become an equal player than to artificially reduce our economic strength and send jobs and money to foreign nations to boost theirs. At some point in the great “transfer” we’ll all be equal and ready to play by the new rules.
The Bill has provisions in it to set up a huge foreign energy assistance fund, under the President’s direct management, to send U.S. funds to pay for U.N. programs and assist 2nd and 3rd world nations financially. These funds will come directly from energy taxes and carbon allocations paid by U.S. companies.
Nowhere in the Bill is there any analysis of how the Bill proposes to create new jobs. It only mentions jobs in the context of creating programs to mitigate job losses that are expected to occur as marginal (mostly small) businesses fail from the roughly 8% – 20% profit loss from increased cost of production, transportation, and CO2 allocations.
Of course, you won’t find any of the above in the Bill Summary – the sugar coated and omissive document our senators read. The Summary makes glorious claims (like the millions of jobs that are supposed to be created) that are nowhere to be found in the full text version of the Bill.
So how do China and India fare in the big picture? They are designated by the UN’s World Economic Outlook Report, April 2009, as “developing nations” and will be eligible for CO2 standards exemptions as well as money from the U.N. and U.S. energy funds.