Congressman Asks for Moment of Silence for Jobs Lost to Cap-and-Trade on House Floor

Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., has his request denied for a moment of silence for the jobs lost to the Waxman-Markey Energy Bill on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. [Via Climate Depot]

Inhofe Vows to Expose Bill in the Senate as All Cost, No Climate Gain

"Today's razor thin vote in the House spells doom in the Senate," Senator Inhofe said. "Despite a large Democratic majority in the House, and the fact that this is one of the President's top priorities, the Democratic leadership was forced to do everything possible to get a bill passed. Their slim victory could come at a high price - this is the BTU tax all over again.

YouTube - Boehner: America Has the Right to Know the Consequences of Speaker Pelosi's Nat'l Energy Tax

House Democrats didnt want the American people to understand the true impact of Speaker Pelosis 1,500-page national energy tax. So House Republican Leader John Boehner took to the House floor and read portions of it to the American people, explaining how it would to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India.

House Democrats didnt much like it either, and they tried to shut him down. But Boehner asked Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and other Democrats: Dont you think the American people expect us to understand whats in the bill before we vote on it?