The CEPA Act was put before the 111th Session of Senate today. CEPA was expected to be a controversial bill, requiring bipartisan support to avoid the threat of a filibuster.
Senator Boxer, Chairwoman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, began debate speaking of the importance of the bill.
(Senator Specter, author of CEPA)
Senator Inhofe objected to the bill citing that he refused to be "sucked in to the black hole of environmental propaganda." His remarks were based on the belief that global warming is a falsity, and observed that the bill would do little to change the natural fluctuations of earth's temperature. She urged her fellow senators to vote nay on the bill, imploring the American media to discontinue propagating the lies associated with the global warming myth.
Senator Alexander rebutted Senator Inhofe's comments saying that he may be one of the most conservative men out there, but that he believes in the reality of climate change and noted that CEPA was good legislation and had been deliberated upon by a bipartisan committee. He asked his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote "yay" on the bill as it had the possibility to help the ailing United States' economy.
Senator Specter then spoke in defense and support of his bill, especially thanking Chairwoman Boxer and the Environment and Public Works Committee. Specter drew specific attention to the cap-and-trade legislation in the bill, remarking that the cap-and-trade program would wean communities in America off our dangerous addiction to foreign oil.
The bill passed through the senate via roll-call vote with a margin of 19-13.
Senator Alexander rebutted Senator Inhofe's comments saying that he may be one of the most conservative men out there, but that he believes in the reality of climate change and noted that CEPA was good legislation and had been deliberated upon by a bipartisan committee. He asked his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote "yay" on the bill as it had the possibility to help the ailing United States' economy.
Senator Specter then spoke in defense and support of his bill, especially thanking Chairwoman Boxer and the Environment and Public Works Committee. Specter drew specific attention to the cap-and-trade legislation in the bill, remarking that the cap-and-trade program would wean communities in America off our dangerous addiction to foreign oil.
The bill passed through the senate via roll-call vote with a margin of 19-13.
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