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• President Threatens to Veto Senate Climate Change Bill

  On June 2, the White House released its Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) on S. 3036, Sen. Boxer's revised climate change bill. The SAP states that the President would veto the bill. Among the many reasons for a veto, the SAP cites provisions Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 3:57 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 6-03-08 by Article

• Senate Begins Debate on Climate Bill, Faces Presidential Veto

  By a vote of 74-14, the Senate voted yesterday (June 2) to "invoke cloture" to proceed to debate on Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer's (D-CA) revised version of the Committee-passed Lieberman-Warner climate Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 3:57 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 6-03-08 by Article

• Markey Releases Climate Change Bill

  On May 28, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), released a new global warming bill that calls for cuts in greenhouse gases which exceed those of the Senate's revised Lieberman-Warner bill, S. 3036. Markey intends Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 3:55 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 6-03-08 by Article

• House Energy and Commerce Committee Issues Fourth Climate Change "White Paper"

  On May 27, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the fourth in a series of "white papers" designed to focus the attention of Committee Members on design features and key issues to be resolved as they craft climate change legislation. Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 3:55 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 6-03-08 by Article