GOP Boycotts Boxer's Climate Hearing
WASHINGTON — All Republicans except one are boycotting the start of committee debate on a bill to curb greenhouse gases in a protest that the bill's economic costs have not been fully examined.
Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio attended the session to explain the GOP's argument for staying away. He said the tactic "is not a ruse" to block the bill, but concern that is widespread impact on the country has not been made clear.
Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, the panel's chairman, argued the EPA already has provided "a full blown economic analysis" and that Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised further studies when the bill is merged with other legislation. She insisted "we're not rushing we are taking our time." Read more ...
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Ellie Mae
Boxer. Fail.
CzarsRUs
Thank God the GOP is finally waking up and realizing that this man-made global warming/cooling climate change hoax is really designed to hand out more welfare to the rest of the world. Has nothing to do with the environment and never has. Cap and tax and the Copenhagen treaty have to be exposed for what they really are......world welfare and redistribution of American taxpayers' hard-earned money.
Obama Fan
Just like you morons to ignore things like science to keep up with your crazy idealology. Your grandkids will thank you when you really screw up the world. Don't worry we don't need you idiots to get this right.
American Eagle (OathKeeper)
Global Warming is Bush's fault.
AZFJ
You drink to much Kool-Aid
rdc1usa
Climate change is cancelled...hopefully so will you in 2010..Loon!!!
Chainsaw Hirko
Global Warming doesn't exist.....just a mere cycle that has repeated itself over time....
B.O.H.I.C.A.
You are toast Taa-Taa Queen
NorthAmerican Bluejacket
The agenda is on ice, somebody tell Boxer!
Bell2ring
The data showing 100,000,000 years of glaciers followed by 10,000,000 years of interglacial warming has the present interglacial heating the lowest since the Atlantic ocean started, Brazil leaving Africa behind. We are about through the interglacial period and are due for a glacial period.
When glacers cover the world there will be more species extint and more people starved than global warming will cause. Somebody needs to prepare a map of what the glacers will cover, Chicago, New York, Montreal, Onterrio in N. America and many other cities in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Ariable climates will cover a very, very small portion of the world on which to grow food for the people left. GLOBAL WARMING IS A HOAX in geological time.
wakeuppeople
It is about time we throw it up in their faces, why don't they all just hold their breath and go away. This would help The Planet so they should be happy to help and of course we would not mind.
oldsailor01
Voinovich an Ohio RINO that will be gone soon. Time for Conservatives to stand and be counted and throw out the RINO's along with the Liberal slime in Congress!!
red dot in a blue state
Good Deal we have some back bones growing in the Republican party. Let's examine the threat before we tax the hell out of everybody to save Al Gores fairy tale and trying to hand America over to the UN to make Obama feel good.
Let me say after coming through a colder and snowier winter than I can ever remember in Michigan. Followed by the summer that didn't happen it’s clear that Global Warming man made or otherwise is a total farce.
American Eagle (OathKeeper)
This is just another bill like healthcare that will be repealed in 2010, definitely in 2012, when Obama and the rest go home.
Amazingoly
With the rest of the world dealing with more important issues, we need to put this one on the last back burner on the stove. We have enough problems to deal with that are using all our monetary resources and then some. This is no different than all their closed door negotiations leaving the Republicans on the outside looking in on the health care debate. Kids acting like kids is not helpful in business or especially government.
Recon
'Burning down the House', agree 1 committee @ a time.
Boxer will lose big time
2010.....
public optional
Bringing down the communist-led Congress one committee meeting at a time...way to go!
Liberal = Stupid
Hey sin-a-turd Boxer, get the message. You stink and everyone knows it.
SABINE
HEY BARB!....................DO YOU EVER GET THE FEELING THAT NOONE IS LISTENING?
PATRIOT UPRISING
Better for Boxer to think. She can't abuse anyone with her annoying behavior of demanding to be called Senator - thus she can enjoy her own ego.
B.O.H.I.C.A.
Could be it is just Boxer, not the subject of the hearing. Crooked politician and no one wants their name attached to hers. After all we are only investigating blacks for corruption - because we are all racists.
tommygun
A hard b*tch slap to boxer. when will these libs fiqure out that they are not fooling anyone but themselves? GOP needs to do the same on bho`s healthcare monstrocity vote. hopefully the tides are changing, and politicians are starting to listen to we the people.
Craig Anthony Miller
HOW MUCH SKIN DOES SHE HAVE IN THE GAME, BY SKIN I OF COURSE MEAN MONIES INVESTED, SHE APPARENTLY WANTS TO SEE THIS BILL PASSED SO SHE CAN LEAVE THE SENATE A WEALTHY WOMEN, BEFORE ANY VOTE IS AUTHORIZED EVERY SENATOR SHOULD HAVE THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS AND DEALINGS CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ALSO THERE SHOULD BE UNBIASED HEARINGS TO SHOW THAT THERE REALLY IS NO GLOBAL WARMING GOING ON ON THE PLANET, BUT I DON'T THINK WE COULD EVER GET TRUE UNBIASED HEARINGS WITH A COMMUNIST PRESIDENT IN CHARGE AND A SCIENCE CZAR THAT HAS A SLANT THAT HAS A CLOSED MIND LEANING TOWARD WHATEVER THE PRESIDENT TELLS HIM TO BE FOR ALSO THERE ARE TO MANY CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN ALREADY INVESTED TO HEAVILY IN GLOBAL WARMING THAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE MONEY AT THIS POINT, AND I AM SURE THAT THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF HAS INVESTED RATHER HEAVILY, HE MIGHT HAVE EVEN DONATED AROUND A MILLION AND A QUARTER JUST RECENTLY, YOU KNOW ANY THING FOR THE PLANET. YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID WHEN HE WAS CAMPAIGNING ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING SO WATCH OUT OUR UTILITY BILLS ARE GOING TO BE ASTRONOMICAL, THAT IS WHAT HE WANTS, SO HE CAN TAKE CONTROL OF OUR HOUSING AND TURN THIS COUNTRY INTO A TRULY COMMUNIST STATE OR PUSH THE MIDDLE CLASS OUT OF THEIR HOMES SO THAT HE CAN MOVE IN WHOM HE WANTS LIKE MAYBE ACORN OR SEIU WORKERS FOR FREE. WE ALL KNOW HOW COMMUNISM WORKS, YOU CAST OUT THE UNDESIRABLE AND GIVE THEIR PROPERTY TO THE WORKING CLASS WHO HELPED PUT YOU IN POWER .
SABINE
BARB BOXER SINGING................
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnApJcGBDFY
SABINE
BARB BOXER'S NEW THEME SONG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnApJcGBDFY
SABINE
THIS IS TOO FUNNY.................BOXER GAVE A PARTY AND NOONE CAME!
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Kasperle
3 Points to get into your liberal lame brain heads:
1: Global warming and the climate change scenario are not proved to be mainly a human cause. This is what liberals want you to believe so that they can make political milage out of it.
2: If you had a brain between you and could read then all liberals would know that there are serious scientific researches that point to other causes and that the change that is so heavily reported on may not be as big a problem as it is being made out to be. This means that we need some non political discussion from a international non partisan group of scientists to report to the human race exactly what they are seeing. This will be difficult but not impossible.
3: This point is the most important. If indeed we need to change our ways then one thing is for sure and that we ie the west is not going to sell our lifestyle while polluters like china are getting worse exponentially. The truth is that we will not allow our lifestyle to be drastically change unless the entire world plays along and if you believe that then you are more naive than even I thought.
In conclusion: Get a grip and stop this madness of the democrats and if boycotting these meetings helps that then GREAT. Besides the marxist socialist administration with this nutcase and his polosi and reid type friends is certainly not the answer. They are as UN AMERICAN as you can get.
Reisn OB or maybe you will be forced to resign one way or another.
Vaporize OB !!!!!!!
2500hd
boxer your next to vote out .
TAW
We're definitely on a role now. This climate hearing was an insult to everyone and Republicans stood up for us. She can take her climate cr@p nonsense and peddle it where barry grew up, perhaps indonesians wil fall for it because after all barry is a messiah.
BTW- This was a very entertaining video, not much of a script or players involved but that didn't matter, the idea of the minority standing up made me feel so hopeful, so proud, so happy.
GAU17
IT IS real simple , Mr. George V of Ohio , YOU ARE OUT OF there !
The Constitutionalist
IT'S LIKE.....IF YOU PAY DOUBLE YOUR ELECTRIC BILL SO THEY CAN PLANT A TREE, THEN IT'S OKAY TO HAVE LIGHTS IN YOUR HOUSE........IF YOUR COWS....F.A.R.T...........YOUR BILL GOES UP TENFOLD?
HOW MUCH WAS GORE AND THEM GETTING PAID FOR EACH ...F.A.R.T....?
Redman
Man made Global warming is the biggest scam in the history of mankind, I do think it's funny that the ignorant Europeans have already fallen for it and have been paying billions to their governments for no good reason. They are such an intelligent group, we should emulate them.
Redman
Can you take your wrecked (pre-existing condition) car to an insurance company tell them I want insurance for the same rate everyone else gets and fix my car? They would never make any money and thats why pre-existing conditions do not fit the bill. You need insurance before a condition that costs a ton of money comes about. Insurance companies are not charities.
dontastame
Send Water To The Farmers! !!!!!!!
m1cobra
Climate hearing a joke , . Boxer also wants t o turn our kids over to the UN, . When did we start electing arrogant , elite politicians, that have taken on the role of mother, police, and executioners of the democracy andf the constitution ofthe USA. This entire hurry up and destroy Ameica is really beginning t o become af orm of terrorism from this regime. The citixens of the USA, is literally being terrorized by the csars, by the democrats, and by the unions, radical orgs. and by the Ovbama regiem. . They took the oathe and decided it was just a guideline and needs t o be re written to suit the power take over and the demisre of the USA. When did all that is evil become the right thing to do. Well apparently when we gave the education of our childrren to the gov instead of to the people. They indoctrinated our children int olove evil salute communism. We will put a stop to it. We will not drink the Gov. Kool Aid
DP
Thats OK ! She loves to hear herself Talk ! Isn't that rigtht MAAM !!!!!
Alban
Enough is enough. There is no truth to global warming. China and India will be manufacturing, burning coal and the US will be a shell of its former self except for the Gore, Soros, Boone T. Pickens. Ah, Windmills, solar panels, and white roofs make for such a beautiful landscape. We will be the new Zimbabwe!!
VJay
@ white woman...Not sure of the Christian :
YUP just What can be Expected from the Socialist Wealthy....CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL....and as for Pharmaceuticals ya know Your man George Sorros owns 45% ?.....but then your Theft isn't theft...Right?....ACORN and they see D.E.A.D people?....who VOTE.
Jim in JAX
Thank you GOP for standing up and saying NO to more socialistic programs the dems are trying to cram down our throats. It's good to see some backbone from GOP members in congress to thwart ultra liberals who would spend and tax us into bankruptcy as a country. Sane health care reform can be had - but not by supporting the current socialist democrat legislation that is completely insane, and as the WSJ said, "the worse legislation" ever.
blacksmith
Thank you white female christian patriot
I'm sure the coal fired power industry is having a banquet for the GOP boys who didn't show. And the promise of more, so much more. Just ike the good old days.
IMHO
I am sure there is a "banquet" for the GOP, but that says something about the corruption now in our political system. America has more coal than any other country in the world and to destroy the industry as the Green Nazis of the dem party is doing, is simply economic suicide. a nation, any nation, can't be productive if all of its energy sources are gone. What will they leave us? With the war they have declared on any meat industry, We The People will no even be permitted to use ox and donkey power to heat and/of light our homes.
PVTom
If you would open your mind to a search for the truth, you would find CO2 is not a danger and does NOT cause the temperature to rise. GOOGLE ice core samples and see temp goes up BEFORE CO2 rises. Don't be a mind numb robot of the left.
d'Raven
And what is wrong with using what is abundant in the U.S., having said that, I agree with Ms. Palin, drill baby drill!
Jim in JAX
Obama campaigned for expansion of clean coal development. His idiot running mate stumbled and contradicted him.
bobt
Lord we hope so.
pj
My power bill doubled last year thanks to the Obama energy crisis. I can't afford for it to do that again. Will you pay my bills for me?
pseudoscience
Billy Ed
These Republicans are outrageous. How could anyone in their right mind not believe what Al Gore is preaching???================
Interesting choice of words "preaching". Commonly associated with a religion isn't it?
Greenlawn
Didn't Bush start global warming? Cheney was the triggerman as I recall.
The Lone Conspirator
There is not enough whiskey in Scotland to make Boxer look good. I bet they would all go to a meeting with Sarah Palin.
white female christian patriot
Yep, what everyone has come to expect of the GOP. OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCT. What about that new GOP health care bill. No reform whatsoever. They can't EVEN take care of that pesky little problem of "pre existing condition" They sure made sure to take care of PHARM & INS, just nothing for people.