House Passes Global Warming "National Energy Tax" Bill, Heads To Senate

Politico reports that "the House of Representatives passed a sweeping climate-change bill Friday – a major victory for President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that left Republicans fuming about a 'national energy tax' they said would exacerbate the nation’s economic woes. The vote was extremely close – 219-212, with eight Republicans voting yes and 44 Democrats voting no." A 300 page amendmnet was added into the already massive bill at 3AM Friday. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) delayed the roll call vote by reading page-by-page through the 300-page managers’ amendment Democrats had added. Boehner picked out the bill’s most obscure language and went on pontificating about what it might – or might not – mean. Republicans laughed along with him and roared with applause when he was done.

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