Clunkers Is ‘The More Urgent Priority’ - Henry Payne - The Corner on National Review Online

Ironic, then, that Congress’s rush to replenish the popular Clunkers program with more money involved raiding the stimulus bill’s Title XVII energy-loan-guarantee program.
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“Clunkers is a more urgent priority,” House majority leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) said today. Funny, and we thought fighting the global-warming planetary emergency by the careful husbandry of our dwindling resources was the most urgent priority.

The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room » Bennett: Senate lacks the votes to pass ‘cap and trade’

The Senate lacks the votes to pass "cap and trade" climate change legislation as a standalone bill or as an amendment to an energy bill after recess, Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) claimed Friday.
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Bennett asserted that Sen. Barbara Boxer's (D-Calif.) hoped deadline to pass a preliminary climate change bill by this fall could "easily slip" until the winter.

House Votes to Extend 'Clunkers' Program - WSJ.com

The House voted Friday to transfer $2 billion in emergency funding from the economic stimulus plan to the "cash for clunkers" program, but the extension faces a tougher path in the Senate.

2007: List your flights! (Alarmist Jonathon Porritt)

As you’ll see, I fly a lot. 21 times in the last year, in fact, or 42 flights in total.