by Bill Scher | Jun 29, 2009 | Blog
Word is circulating in Washington that members for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission will be named this week. The commission is supposed to resemble the 1930s Pecora commission that dug into the culprits behind the Great Depression and laid the groundwork for...
by Bill Scher | Jun 29, 2009 | Blog
The House passed the first comprehensive clean energy and climate protection bill on Friday, but exactly in the way I worried about last week -- not on a wave of grassroots momentum, but last-minute cajoling by
by Bill Scher | Jun 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Will Senate Follow House on Climate? Grist's Kate Sheppard assesses what's next following House passage of clean energy/climate protection bill: "Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued a statement congratulating...
by Bill Scher | Jun 26, 2009 | Blog
It took a very long time to end the fallacy that you can't protect the environment and grow the economy at the same time. But that day has come. The nail in the coffin of the canard was delivered this week, as both the AFL-CIO and United Steelworkers formally endorsed...
by Bill Scher | Jun 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Climate Vote Expected Today in House Politico on the head count: "By late Thursday, aides and lawmakers said Democrats were within a dozen of the 218 votes needed to pass the legislation. Democratic sources said their leaders aimed to lock in 230 yes votes — and...
