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05-S0342 on Feb 10, 2005

OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY: A bill to provide for a program of scientific research on abrupt climate change, to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the US by establishing a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the US and reduce dependence upon foreign oil, and ensure benefits to consumers from the trading in such allowances.

SPONSOR'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Sen. McCAIN: This bill is designed to begin a meaningful and shared effort among the emission-producing sectors of our country to address the world's greatest environmental challenge--climate change.

The National Academy of Sciences reported, "temperatures are, in fact, rising." The overwhelming body of scientific evidence shows that climate change is real, that it is happening as we speak.

Terrible things are happening at the poles, which will have global implications. Amplified global warming, rising sea levels,

and potential alterations in ocean circulation patterns are among the global concerns.

The International Climate Change Task Force recommended that "all developed countries introduce mandatory cap-and-trade systems for carbon emissions and construct them to allow for future integration into a single global market." That is already being done in Europe as we speak, which is the substance of this legislation.

If we do not move on this issue, our children and grandchildren are going to pay an incredibly heavy price because this crisis is upon us, only we do not see its visible aspects in all of its enormity. We have done relatively nothing besides gather additional data and make reports. That is what the US national policy is today: gather information and make reports. I would argue that is a pretty heavy burden to lay on future generations of Americans.

LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME:Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; never came to a vote.

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Democrats participating in 05-S0342

Gary Ackerman s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Tom Allen s1oMaine Democrat
Brian Baird s1oWashington Democrat
Tammy Baldwin s1oWisconsin Democrat
Shelley Berkley s1oNevada Democrat
Howard Berman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Joe Biden s1oDE Democrat Jr Senator
Timothy Bishop s1oNew York Democrat
Earl Blumenauer s1oOregon Democrat
Robert Brady s1oPennsylvania Democrat
G.K. Butterfield s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Maria Cantwell s1oWA Democrat Jr Senator
Lois Capps s1oCalifornia Democrat
Michael Capuano s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Dennis Cardoza s1oCalifornia Democrat
Russ Carnahan s1oMissouri Democrat
Julia Carson s1oIndiana Democrat
Ed Case s1oHawaii Democrat
Ben Chandler s1oKentucky Democrat
William Lacy Clay s1oMissouri Democrat
Emmanuel Cleaver s1oMissouri Democrat
Hillary Clinton s1oNY Democrat Jr Senator
John Conyers s1oMichigan Democrat
Jon Corzine s1oNJ Democrat
Elijah Cummings s1oMaryland Democrat
Danny Davis s1oIllinois Democrat
Susan Davis s1oCalifornia Democrat
Mark Dayton s1oMN Democrat Jr Senator
Diana DeGette s1oColorado Democrat
Lloyd Doggett s1oTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
Richard Durbin s1oIL Democrat Sr Senator
Rahm Emanuel s1oIllinois Democrat
Eliot Engel s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Anna Eshoo s1oCalifornia Democrat
Lane Evans s1oIllinois Democrat
Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
Chaka Fattah s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Dianne Feinstein s1oCA Democrat Sr Senator
Bob Filner s1oCalifornia Democrat
Harold Ford s1oTennessee Democrat
Barney Frank s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Raul Grijalva s1oArizona Democrat
Luis Gutierrez s1oIllinois Democrat
Jane Harman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Alcee Hastings s1oFlorida Democrat
Brian Higgins s1oNew York Democrat
Maurice Hinchey s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Rush Holt s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Mike Honda s1oCalifornia Democrat
Jay Inslee s1oWashington Democrat
Steve Israel s1oNew York Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee s1oTexas Democrat
Eddie Bernice Johnson s1oTexas Democrat
Stephanie Tubbs Jones s1oOhio Democrat
Patrick Kennedy s1oRhode Island Democrat
John Kerry s1oMA Democrat Jr Senator
Dennis Kucinich s1oOhio Democrat
James Langevin s1oRhode Island Democrat
Tom Lantos s1oCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2008)
Frank Lautenberg s1oNJ Democrat Sr Senator
Patrick Leahy s1oVT Democratic incumbent
Barbara Lee s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Lewis s1oGeorgia Democrat
Joseph Lieberman s2pCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
Dan Lipinski s1oIllinois Democrat
Zoe Lofgren s1oCalifornia Democrat
Nita Lowey s1oNew York Democrat
Steve Lynch s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Carolyn Maloney s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Ed Markey s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Doris Matsui s1oCalifornia Democrat
Carolyn McCarthy s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
Betty McCollum s1oMinnesota Democrat
Jim McDermott s1oWashington Democrat
Jim McGovern s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Michael McNulty s1oNew York Democratic/Ind./Cons.
Marty Meehan s2pMassachusetts Democrat
Robert Menendez s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Michael Michaud s1oMaine Democrat
Juanita Millender-McDonald s1oCalifornia Democrat
Brad Miller s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
George Miller s1oCalifornia Democrat
Gwen Moore s1oWisconsin Democrat
James Moran s1oVirginia Democrat
Patty Murray s1oWA Democratic incumbent
Jerrold Nadler s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Grace Napolitano s1oCalifornia Democrat
Richard Neal s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Bill Nelson s1oFL Democrat Sr Senator
John Olver s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Major Owens s1oNew York Democrat/Working-Families
Frank Pallone s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Donald Payne s1oNew Jersey Democrat
David Eugene Price s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Charles Rangel s1oNew York Dem./Lib./Working-Families
Steven Rothman s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Lucille Roybal-Allard s1oCalifornia Democrat
Linda Sanchez s1oCalifornia Democrat
Jan Schakowsky s1oIllinois Democrat
Adam Schiff s1oCalifornia Democrat
Allyson Schwartz s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Jose Serrano s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Brad Sherman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Louise Slaughter s1oNew York Democrat
Hilda Solis s1oCalifornia Democrat
Pete Stark s1oCalifornia Democrat
Ellen Tauscher s1oCalifornia Democrat
Mike Thompson s1oCalifornia Democrat
John Tierney s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Ed Towns s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Mark Udall s1oCO Democratic Senate Challenger; US Rep.
Chris Van Hollen s1oMaryland Democrat
Nydia Velazquez s1oNew York Democrat/Working-Families
Debbie Wasserman Schultz s1oFlorida Democrat
Maxine Waters s1oCalifornia Democrat
Diane Watson s1oCalifornia Democrat
Henry Waxman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Anthony Weiner s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Robert Wexler s1oFlorida Democrat
Lynn Woolsey s1oCalifornia Democrat
Albert Wynn s1oMaryland Democrat



Republicans participating in 05-S0342

Sherry Boehlert s1oNew York Republican/Independence
Michael Castle s1oDelaware Republican
Lincoln Chafee s1oRI Republican Jr Senator
Vernon Ehlers s1oMichigan Republican
Wayne Gilchrest s2pMaryland Republican
Nancy Lee Johnson s1oConnecticut Republican
Sue Kelly s1oNew York Republican/Conservative
Jim Leach s1oIowa Republican
John McCain s2pAZ Republican incumbent
Tom Petri s1oWisconsin Republican
Jim Saxton s1oNew Jersey Republican
Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican
Rob Simmons s1oConnecticut Republican
Olympia Snowe s1oME Republican Sr Senator
Jim Walsh s1oNew York Rep./Ind./Conservative
Curt Weldon s1oPennsylvania Republican



Independents participating in 05-S0342

Jim Jeffords s1oVT Independent Jr Senator
Bernie Sanders s1oVermont Independent



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 121
Republicans: 16
Independents: 2