Waxman Has The Votes Options

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Waxman Has The Votes "Henry Waxman has had just about enough ... [he] is giving [Republicans] until the end of Thursday to keep playing around, he told the Huffington Post" before moving to a final committee vote on the clean energy and climate protection bill. CQ reports the same; Waxman has the votes reports Reuters, via Joe Romm.; Al Gore is actively lobbying for the bill reports Politico; "Preventing windfalls for polluters but preserving prices — Waxman-Markey gets it right with its allocations to regulated utilities," reports Peter S. Fox-Penner and Marc Chupka on Climate Progress; Michael Livermore in TNR holds out hope for 100% auction of pollution permits; Treehugger's Daniel Kessler, "Republicans Misrepresent Cost of Climate Bill:" " The EPA ... analyzed ACES, also known as the Waxman-Markey bill, and said the bill would cost households less than $150 a year."; "The [Senate] Energy and Natural Resources Committee is tentatively scheduled to mark up draft language that would require that 15 percent of the nation's power come from renewable sources such as wind, solar and geothermal ...": CQ; HuffPost's Jeff Muskus reports Rep. Charlie Rangel insists Ways and Means cmte will review climate bill after Energy cmte is done, but health care will come first. Also notes: "Waxman (D-Calif.) was quick to rule out any chance of seeing the bill put to the full House before July, and declined to comment on a full vote before the Congressional recess in August"; Similar threat from Agricultural cmte, reports The Hill.

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Waxman Has The Votes "Henry Waxman has had just about enough ... [he] is giving [Republicans] until the end of Thursday to keep playing around, he told the Huffington Post" before moving to a final committee vote on the clean energy and climate protection bill. CQ reports the same; Waxman has the votes reports Reuters, via Joe Romm.; Al Gore is actively lobbying for the bill reports Politico; "Preventing windfalls for polluters but preserving prices — Waxman-Markey gets it right with its allocations to regulated utilities," reports Peter S. Fox-Penner and Marc Chupka on Climate Progress; Michael Livermore in TNR holds out hope for 100% auction of pollution permits; Treehugger's Daniel Kessler, "Republicans Misrepresent Cost of Climate Bill:" " The EPA ... analyzed ACES, also known as the Waxman-Markey bill, and said the bill would cost households less than $150 a year."; "The [Senate] Energy and Natural Resources Committee is tentatively scheduled to mark up draft language that would require that 15 percent of the nation's power come from renewable sources such as wind, solar and geothermal ...": CQ; HuffPost's Jeff Muskus reports Rep. Charlie Rangel insists Ways and Means cmte will review climate bill after Energy cmte is done, but health care will come first. Also notes: "Waxman (D-Calif.) was quick to rule out any chance of seeing the bill put to the full House before July, and declined to comment on a full vote before the Congressional recess in August"; Similar threat from Agricultural cmte, reports The Hill.

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