Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) declared in an announcement on Saturday that he will be withdrawing his support for the “tri-partisan†climate change legislation that was scheduled to be unveiled on Monday.
Why did Graham do this? Apparently it is because Senate Democrats also plan to pursue an immigration reform bill this session. Graham called the Obama administration’s focus on immigration reform, “a phony†to be accomplished in a “hurried, panicked manner.†But Democrats shot back, calling Graham’s hissy fit “phony†and suggested that he was trying to kill any attempt at immigration reform to aid his close friend Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
Whatever the reasons behind Graham’s change of heart, it will likely kill any chances of climate change legislation for the next several years.
McCain has been in close negotiations with Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, to cobble together a real climate change bill, and all three senators had planned a press conference on Monday to discuss the bill. But now that is postponed indefinitely. What’s most puzzling about Graham’s stance is that up until now he has been pressuring the Obama administration to take up immigration reform. And just weeks a go he wrote an editorial article with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), warning that our national security was at risk, as long as Congress stalls on reforming our "badly broken" immigration policies.
But now that President Obama and the Democrats indicated they would attempt to pass immigration reform, Lindsey Graham is throwing a hissy fit. Inquiring minds want to know why the sudden change of heart...
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Comments: 13
May the DEmocrats finally stand up to them forcefully! It is past time.
BTW,
You all do know that any type of carbon tax will NOT help the environment, scientifically speaking it just will not have any effect. You do know that don't you?
Here let me explain it to you;
All of the human race adds about an additional 1% of C02 annually to what is already in the atmosphere, and if we Americans can reduce our output by say 15%, that's going to equal a very small portion of that total 1% there by not effecting climate change or global warming one bit.
But you'll feel better about yourself and your country for doing the right thing....As the poor have to pay a higher percentage of their income to fuel their vehicles or heat their homes, as prices of just about everything rise making it harder to make ends meet for the middle class and the poor....It won't effect the climate, but you'll feel better about yourself.
We are doing something aren't we? Or do you think the progress towards alternative energy is "nothing"?
That the predictions of the IPCC concerning C02/temperature has been completely in error?
If we wanted to control our carbon output we could start by eliminating professional sports;
How many billions of tons of C02 could we eliminate if we ended professional sports? look at all of the cross country trips in buses and jets, not to mention sports like soccer where the competition is world wide, hundreds of billions of tons of CO2!
Oh and auto racing can you think of any sports event that is more carbon intensive?
How about the Olympics?
Just thought I'd bring it a bit closer to home.