Minnesota: Remember how wonderful the weather was before SUVs allegedly ruined it?: The Weather Century- 1935-1936

Minneapolis had its hottest summer ever with average temp of 81.4 degrees and its longest string of above 100 degree temps lasting 5 days straight. Dayton, OH had 7 straight above 100 degree days and 10 days for the entire summer.
In the next year, more floods were in store for the Ohio Valley while the Great Plains still couldn't buy a drop of precipitation. It stayed dry into 1941.

The Associated Press: House Democrats win key test vote on climate bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have narrowly won an important test vote on legislation to combat global warming and usher in a new era of cleaner energy.

The vote on Friday was 217-205 to advance the White House-backed legislation to the full House. Thirty Democrats defected.

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Latest intel: fence-sitters are breaking against cap-and-tax. Al Gore must have spent too much time on the phone to them.