Lieberman-Warner Opposition Resource Center; Impacts of Costly Climate Bill Exposed
On June 2, 2008, Senate Democrats brought forward global warming cap-and-trade legislation before the United States Senate that, if passed, would drastically increase energy costs at the gas pump, in the grocery store, and in our homes – all for no environmental gain. The purpose of this webpage is to serve as an online resource center for anyone looking to learn more about the severe economic impacts of the Lieberman-Warner bill. This page will be updated frequently with the latest news and additional links will be added leading up to Senate floor consideration of the bill. *If you feel we are missing important information, please feel free to contact us and we will consider adding links to the page. Contact: matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov
Inhofe’s Statement on Climate Tax Bill’s Demise "This bill was doomed from the start," Senator Inhofe said. "When the Majority Leader filled the amendment tree and filed cloture on the Climate Tax Bill, it was obvious that the Democrats were not serious about supporting this bill. This was one of the largest bills ever considered by this Congress and probably the largest non-appropriations bill the Senate has ever considered. This bill deserved a full and honest debate, with amendments offered and voted upon. The American people did not deserve a political exercise geared toward election year politics."
New Inhofe White Paper, Web Page, Details Harmful Impacts of Lieberman-Warner Bill (5/15/08)
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Economic Analyses:
EPA: Analysis of Lieberman-Warner EIA: Analysis of Lieberman-Warner Reveals Massive Economic Pain
EIA: New Analysis: Carbon Mandate Would Harm Consumers, Jobs And Economy(11/15/07)
Heritage Foundation: The Economic Costs of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Legislation (5/12/08) The George C. Marshall Institute: Cap & Trade Realities for CO2 Emissions (06/01/08) Wood Mackenzie Analysis: Natural Gas Supply Effects of Senate Climate Bill Doane Advisory Study: Lieberman-Warner would Impose Massive Tax Increases on Agriculture Natural Gas Council: Lieberman-Warner will Drive up Demand for Natural Gas
Latest Talking Points
Lieberman Warner Impacts on Gas Prices The independent analysis by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) predicts gasoline prices will increase between 60% and 144% by 2030.
Largest Tax Increase in History The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says the Climate Tax bill would effectively raise taxes on Americans by over a trillion dollars just over the next 10 years.
Latest News on Lieberman-Warner
Denver Post: Climate is right for another swindle - 'A gargantuan boondoggle' – June 2, 2008 How does Washington plan to resolve our energy problems and control atmospheric temperatures? Well, how do they fix anything? By proposing a gargantuan boondoggle.
Media Research Center: Hurricane Lieberman-Warner – June 3, 2008 Remember the Hillary Clinton health-care plan of 1993? It’s deja-vu time. The media will sell this bill as an important solution that absolutely everyone who considers himself a responsible citizen will support. Virtually absent from the discussion will be the cost, both financial and in the loss of freedom.
Heritage Blog: - June 4, 2008 The left is getting absolutely destroyed in the debate on the Senate floor over global warming. Roll Call reports that Democratic staffers are complaining that leadership “is walking us off a cliff” on the issue. Far left activists report they are hearing similar things from their allies in Congress.
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Lieberman-Warner News Round Up (June 4, 2008) Lieberman-Warner News Round Up (June 3, 2008) Lieberman-Warner News Round Up (June 2, 2008) Lieberman-Warner News Round Up (June 1, 2008) Lieberman-Warner News Round Up (May 30, 2008) Lieberman-Warner News Round Up (May 29, 2008)
Lieberman-Warner Debate Nears (May 22, 2008)
Blogs and Press Releases for the Lieberman-Warner Bill
Climate Tax Bill 'Doomed From The Start,' Inhofe Says This bill was doomed from the start,” Senator Inhofe said. “The committee process was short-circuited, the floor debate was circumvented and the amendment process was derailed. I do not see how the Democrats use this failed bill as any kind of model for future success. As I suspected, reality hit the U.S. Senate when the economic facts of this bill were exposed. When faced with the inconvenient truth of the bill’s impact on skyrocketing gas prices, very few Senators were willing to even debate this bill.
Inhofe Amendments to Climate Tax Bill "My four amendments would have addressed critical energy needs in America," Senator Inhofe said. "I offered a diesel fuel and a highway amendment in addition to two nuclear amendments dealing with nuclear waste policy."
Inhofe Decries Sen. Reid’s Decision to Fill the Amendment Tree and File Cloture on the Climate Tax Bill I am disturbed that the Majority Leader has filled the amendment tree and filed cloture on the Climate Tax Bill,” Senator Inhofe said. “This is the largest bill we will consider this Congress and probably the largest non-appropriations bill the Senate has ever considered. This bill deserves a full and honest debate, with amendments offered and voted upon.
Inhofe Statement on the Reading of Climate Bill While the reading of the entire Boxer Climate Tax Bill is the result of the Democrats’ handling of judicial nominations, it is important to note that the version of the Boxer Substitute that Majority Leader Reid introduced was a new version not seen by the minority until this morning, contrary to Senator Boxer’s assertions," Senator Inhofe said. "This new version, the fourth version in the last two weeks, underscores the not-ready-for-prime-time aspect of this legislation.
Inhofe Statement on Climate Floor Debate The current impasse over judicial nominations has no bearing on our willingness to debate the Boxer Climate Tax Bill. I look forward to the Senate returning to the Climate Tax Bill after the judiciary issue is resolved so that we can begin the amendment process and discuss the devastating impacts this bill would have on American families and jobs if this bill were to become law
Inhofe Says Congress Should Work To Lower Gas Prices, Not Raise Them: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today joined Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Republican Leader, Senator Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference (R-TN), and Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) to discuss how the America's Climate Security Act – S.2191 (Climate Tax Bill), now amended to S. 3036 (Boxer Substitute), would raise gas prices.
Senator DeMint's Blog: Lieberman-Warner Unlikely to Reduce Global Temperatures, Cap & Trade Scheme INCREASING Emissions in Europe: Following up on yesterday's release on how Lieberman-Warner will destroy jobs and hike gasoline prices, please see this post from Senator DeMint's blog . Supporters of the $7 Trillion Lieberman-Warner Climate Tax (S. 2191 / S.3036) assure us the bill is necessary to combat global warming, even though the bill would kill 3-4 million American jobs and double gasoline & home energy prices.
Oklahoma Farm Bureau: Farmers Concerned about Climate Change Bill: Oklahoma agricultural producers are concerned proposed climate change legislation now being debated in the U.S. Senate could increase their cost of production. “We believe this legislation unfairly penalizes farmers by forcing them to comply with climate change regulations and makes it more difficult for them to compete in the global market,” said Mike Spradling, president of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau.
Boxer Cliams Recession is Best Time to Raise Energy Costs: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the chairman of the Environment & Public Works Committee, declared in her opening floor speech today that a “recession is the precise time to" enact the Lieberman-Warner global warming cap-and-trade bill because it “brings us hope.” The Lieberman-Warner global warming bill would have many consequences, but “hope” is not among them. The Cleveland Plain Dealer editorialized on June 1, that the bill "will just bore new holes into an already battered economy."
Statements on Lieberman-Warner
June 3, 2008 Statements
June 2, 2008 Statements Statement of Administration Policy: S. 3036 – Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act
Climate Tax Impacts on Oklahoma
Climate Tax Will Harm Oklahoma The High Cost of Lieberman-Warner on Oklahoma Families Inhofe Says Congress Should Work To Lower Gas Prices, Not Raise Them
Several “Major Hurdles” Remain For Lieberman-Warner: Grist: Probably no U.S. CO2 emissions cuts from new Lieberman-Warner bill until after 2025 (05/28/08) PowerLineBlog: Looming Disaster ‘The most extensive government reorganization of the American economy since the 1930s.’ (05/28/08)
Overwhelming Majority of Americans Oppose Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Proposal, New Poll Suggests (05/28/08) Inside EPA: Revised Climate Bill Seeks To Sway Wavering Senators, But Hurdles Remain (05/28/08) Hawaii Reporter: Lieberman-Warner ‘Pitfalls’ (05/28/08) Wall Street Journal blog: Economy, Stupid: High Energy Prices Sock U.S. Climate Bill (05/27/08) National Journal: Lieberman, Warner To Push Nuclear Energy In Carbon Bill (05/21/08) EPW: Lieberman-Warner bill = Largest Pork Bill in U.S. History (05/20/08) Greenwire: New Lieberman-Warner plan shows $5.6T payoff to overhaul U.S. economy (05/20/08) The Hill: Warner-Lieberman bill could raise gas prices (05/19/08) National Review Online: Verdict: Failure (05/19/08) BNA: Inhofe Warns of Skyrocketing Energy Costs, Economic Impacts of Lieberman-Warner Bill (5/16/08) Björn Lomborg: Global warming - Money for Nothing (05/13/08)CQ: Nuclear Power Still a Sticking Point for Senate’s Climate Change Bill (5/13/08) CQ: Nuclear Power Still a Sticking Point for Senate’s Climate Change Bill (5/13/08) Grist: Lieberman-Warner moved from critical condition to the morgue (5/8/08) Greenwire: Sponsors lower expectations for Lieberman-Warner bill (05/08/08) Grist: Lieberman-Warner: bad idea (05/07/08) Greenwire: Senate emissions bill targets 'simply unattainable' -- U.S. chamber chief (05/02/2008) Greenwire: Recession joins list of hurdles for Lieberman-Warner bill (04/30/2008) Energy Daily: Sources: Bush Speech Hurts Chances For Senate Climate Bill (4/18/08) Press Release: Inhofe Praises President Bush for Rejecting Lieberman-Warner Bill (4/16/08) Wall Street Journal Editorial: 'A Glorious Mess' (4/12/08)
Inhofe Blog: Democrats Face ‘Ferocious Infighting’ Over Global Warming Legislation (4/11/08) Inhofe Blog: Boxer Waves White Flag on Lieberman-Warner Climate Bill (3/12/08) DeSmogBlog: The Lieberman-Warner Conundrum (2/20/08)
Greenwire: Greenspan sees carbon cap-and-trade spurring economic troubles (02/15/2008)
Greenwire: CBO calls carbon tax 'most efficient' option to address warming (02/14/2008) Greenwire: Enviro groups search for one voice in Lieberman-Warner debate (02/06/2008) Greenwire: Boxer questions group's 'Fix It or Ditch It' campaign (01/31/2008)
Greenwire: Boxer starts private talks in hunt for 60 votes (01/30/2008) Greenwire: Global warming bill's chances in an election year 'verge on impossible' -- Dingell (01/18/2008)
CQ: Backers Think Time Is Right for Climate Change Bill, But Big Hurdles Remain (1/14/08) Fact Check: EPW Fact of the Day: Analyses Show Lieberman-Warner Depends on Significant Nuclear Energy Increases (5/12/08)
EPW Fact of the Day: Analysis Cited By Boxer Includes Huge Nuclear Energy Gains, Despite Her Staunch Opposition To Nuclear Energy (11/19/07) Impact: Lieberman-Warner Hurts Families, Jobs, and Economy
National Economy
Expert Testimony Before EPW Committee Testimony of Dr. Margo Thorning, (11/08/07)Senior Vice President and Chief Economist American Council for Capital Formation Testimony of Anne E. Smith, (11/08/07) Vice President CRA International
Testimony of Kevin Book, (11/15/07) Senior Vice President, Energy Policy, Oil & Alternative Energy, FBR Capital Markets Corporation Testiomy of Paul Cicio, (10/24/07) President, Industrial Energy Consumers Of America Inhofe Praises Energy Committee for Holding Hearing on Economic Impacts of Climate Bill Senate Energy Committee Hearing: Full Committee Oversight Hearing: To receive testimony on Energy and Related Economic Effects of Global Climate Change Legislation (SD-366), Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 10:00 AM - The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on Energy and Related Economic Effects of Global Climate Change Legislation. Mr. Brent Yacobucci, Congressional Research Service Dr. Larry Parker, Congressional Research ServiceDr. Howard Gruenspecht - Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Administration Dr. Brian McLean, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Dr. Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office
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