by Bill Scher | May 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
GOP Poised To Sacrifice Keystone So It Can Filibuster Energy-Efficiency Reid rejects GOP amendments to energy-efficiency bill. The Hill: "Reid refused to allow Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to call up five GOP amendments, saying Republicans couldn’t...
by Bill Scher | May 7, 2014 | Blog
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUwVAimKnIM[/fve] Two months ago, Republican congresswoman Renee Ellmers went on Laura Ingraham's national right-wing radio show, forcefully defended her position on immigration reform, and told the host, "Why are you being so...
by Bill Scher | May 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Dems Keep Focus On Jobless Dems ramp up pressure on GOP over unemployment insurance. Roll Call: "Democrats brought seven unemployed people to the Capitol steps Tuesday to tell their stories in a deeply emotional — and deeply political — news conference designed to...
by Bill Scher | May 6, 2014 | Blog
Today the Obama administration released its comprehensive National Climate Assessment in both digital and PDF form. It's packed with hard data on how much global warming we've already suffered, how it has hurt us and how much worse it could get. Surely you've heard...
by Bill Scher | May 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Obama Releases "Game Changer" Climate Report Today WH to release major climate report. Reuters: "Some environmental and public health groups expect the U.S. National Climate Assessment to be a 'game changer' in the administration's efforts to address climate change...
