Why Democrats shouldn't toy with Lindsey Graham - CNN.com

Here's the truth: Senators are not excited about voting on either measure before the election.

Climate change legislation could require tax increases, although one late compromise version eliminates the "carbon linkage fee" and replaces it with a plan that would allow companies to buy carbon allowances. Even so, as one aide to a senator in the Democratic leadership told me, "after stimulus, after the bailouts, after health care, the last thing Democrats want to do is vote on something that could be called a tax raiser."

Robert J. Shapiro: Goldman Scandal Erodes Case For Cap and Trade

Given what we've learned in the past few years -- and especially in the past few weeks -- about how Wall Street operates, do we really want to entrust it with the fate of the planet?

Pictures; Record snowfall totals in Vermont

Vermont, as well as other New England states, along with Jay Peak Resort, received record snow fall totals between April 27 and 28. Some areas reported nearly 2 feet of snow.

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Kerry says they're sending climate bill to EPA for analysis. Meanwhile, I can't find a single senator outside KGL who has *actually* seen it