Senate voted today to reject cloture on the Climate Security Act and put on hold key legislation to stop global warming and create real energy alternatives.
While the votes of Senators McConnell and Inhofe remained allied with big oil and coal industries, a majority of 54 Senators supported the bill, representing the American families who are feeling the affects of our nation's dependence on foreign oil and the insecurity of an unbalanced climate.
The leadership displayed by Senators Boxer, Lieberman and Warner to introduce and defend this bill has brought the issue to the forefront of the national debate and set the bar high for climate legislation to come.
The action taken in the Senate today underlines the need for a 60-vote pro-environment majority. That’s why LCV is working to elect environmental champions in the coming elections and to present an even stronger climate bill for a new Senate to pass next year.
To read Gene Karpinski’s statement on the vote, go to: http://lcv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-of-conservation-voters-statement-on-lieberman-warner.html
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