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<div>RS <strong>Ben Nelson</strong> (<em>Nebraska</em>) Corporate America's most dependable Democrat. Provided the 50th vote for Bush's tax cuts; helped the GOP downsize the stimulus and weaken health care reform. Voted against jobless benefits for the unemployed while supporting $21 billion in subsidies for Big Oil. <strong>Key quote:</strong> "One of the biggest challenges our job creators face is overregulation."

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<p style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.799999237060547px; line-height: 24.75px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b> Ben Nelson (D-NE) is the third Democrat to co-sponsor a resolution to overturn the scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the American public.</b> Yesterday, Nelson joined Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) in supporting Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) lobbyist-designed resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 26, dubbed the “<a href="http://www.nodirtyairact.com/" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dirty Air Act</a>” by climate activists. Nelson justified his move to <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/77467-nelson-lists-reasons-for-backing-murkowski-on-epa-rules" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">protect polluters</a> from scientific reality by complaining that senators “<a href="http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1604668.html" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">don’t need EPA</a> looking over Congress’ shoulder telling us we’re not moving fast enough”:

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<p style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Controlling the levels of carbon emissions is the job of Congress.<strong style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">We don’t need EPA looking over Congress’ shoulder telling us we’re not moving fast enough</strong>. I am very concerned about the impact on Nebraska if EPA moves to regulate carbon emissions. Many Nebraska agricultural, industrial and energy-related businesses and organizations have warned about the costs they would have to shoulder from EPA regulations. Because EPA regulations would be a government-directed command-and-control regime, they would raise the price of energy in Nebraska, add greatly to administrative costs, and create new layers of bureaucracy. The burden would fall squarely on Nebraska families, farmers and businesses.</p>

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In reality, nearly all of the pollution sites that would fall under greenhouse gas rules are already subject to Clean Air Act permits for other pollutants, such as mercury, sulfur dioxide, and soot. As the last 40 years of success for the Clean Air Act have proven, its enforcement cleans the air, improves the public’s health, and strengthens our economy by rewarding efficiency and innovation instead of pollution.

Meanwhile, the costs of climate damages rise for Nelson’s state, falling squarely on Nebraska families, farmers, and businesses. Nearly all of Nebraska has been<a href="http://www.fema.gov/dhsusda/searchState.do?state=NE" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">declared a disaster area</a> because of drought, severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding.

Nelson further claimed that he believes “carbon emissions should be reduced”:</p>

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<p style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.799999237060547px; line-height: 24.75px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>Nelson has never supported a bill or policy that would achieve those goals</b>. He <a href="http://bennelson.senate.gov/press/press_releases/060608-01.cfm" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">opposed Lieberman-Warner</a> in 2008, <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00148" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">voted against</a> McCain-Lieberman in 2005, and <a href="http://www.edf.org/documents/3491_McL%20vote%20list%2010-30.pdf" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">skipped the vote</a> on McCain-Lieberman in 2003.</span></p>

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<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Nelson seemingly prefers to listen to his <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cid=N00005329&cycle=2010&type=C&newMem=N&recs=0" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">polluter donors</a> than to scientific fact. In 2009 alone, Nelson received $553,300 from agribusiness, $164,200 from oil and gas interests, and $140,199 from electric utilities. Nelson has even taken $31,500 from the <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/07/30/oil-funding-everyone/" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">virulently right-wing Koch Industries</a>, the private pollution giant that has mobilized tea party opposition to climate and health care legislation. Berkshire Hathaway, whose subsidiary MidAmerican Energy is one of the nation’s largest coal-powered utilities, opposes climate legislation and has given Nelson $51,800. Coal-hauling Union Pacific is Nelson’s number-three contributor at $49,750</span></p>

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<h4>Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson</h4>

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<div><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska raised the ire of his Democratic cohorts last year when he threw his support behind an industry-written alternative bill to cap-and-trade pushed by Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio.</span> The Environmental Defense Fund's Steve Chochran said this about the bill: "It’s a detailed prescription for doing nothing. If you think climate change is a hoax, this is your bill."</div>

<div>Some of Nelson's top campaign contributors hail from the oil, gas and electricity industries, so it's not hard to see how he's earned his lifetime score of 43 percent from the League of Conservation Voters and why he would support <a target="_blank" href="http://www.grist.org/article/the-fossil-bloc-makes-its-play/">Voinovich's handout to Big Energy</a>.</div>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="H.R.3590_Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act.28health_care_reform.29">H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (health care reform)</span></h3>

<p>On December 9, 2009, Senator Nelson was one of ten Democratic Senators to reach what Senate Majority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a> called a “broad agreement”<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30371.html">[1]</a>on the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dpc.senate.gov/dpcdoc-sen_health_care_bill.cfm/">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.</a> The discussion focused on abandoning or greatly narrowing the public health insurance option. In exchange, people 55-64 would be able to buy in to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Medicare" title="Medicare">Medicare</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Medicaid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Medicaid (page does not exist)">Medicaid</a> eligibility would be expanded to people within 150 percent of the federal poverty line. Senate Majority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a>’s office released a statement on the compromise:

"I asked Senators Schumer and Pryor to work with some of the most moderate and most progressive members of our diverse caucus, and tonight they have come to a consensus.  It is a consensus that includes a public option and will help ensure the American people win in two ways: one, insurance companies will face more competition, and two, the American people will have more choices. I know not all 10 Senators in the room agree on every single detail of this, nor will all 60 members of my caucus. But I know we all appreciate the hard work that these progressives and moderates have done to move this historic debate forward. I want to thank Senators Schumer, Pryor, Brown, Carper, Feingold, Harkin, Landrieu, Lincoln, Nelson and Rockefeller for working together for the greater good and never losing sight of our shared goal: making it possible for every American to afford to live a healthy life.</p>

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As is long-standing practice, we do not disclose details of any proposal before the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congressional Budget Office</a> has a chance to evaluate it. We will wait for that to happen, but in the meantime, tonight we are confident." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/08/senate-sinks-abortion-ame_n_384846.html">[2]</a>

On December 17, 2009, Senator Nelson told a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cyberears.com/index.php/Browse/playaudio/8132/">home-state radio station</a> that he could not yet support the Democrats' health care legislation because provisions and language regarding insurance coverage for abortions as well as other concerns did not meet his requirements.</p>

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On December 19, 2009, Senate Majority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a> secured the pivotal 60th vote after agreeing to the needs of Nelson.</p>

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<p>The rewritten Senate bill reflects Nelson's demands for changes to existing abortion funding language, as well as increased federal aid for his home state and breaks for favored health care interests. <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ben_Nelson#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup> Nelson said that his concerns about abortion funding have been satisfied: "I have strongly held views and have fought hard to prevent federal funding for abortions." I believe we have accomplished that goal." <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ben_Nelson#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup> To see Nelson’s remarks in their entirety, please refer to the press conference above.</p>

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<p>Nelson voted for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq" class="mw-redirect">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq</a> in Oct. 2002.

In March 2007, it was revealed that Sens. Nelson and John Warner (R-Va.) had been discussing the possibility of breaking ranks and coming up with a compromise piece of legislation regarding the President's plan for a troop "surge" in Iraq and the over $120 billion Iraq War spending bill.</p>

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<dd><i>Main article: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Congressional_actions_regarding_President_Bush%E2%80%99s_2007_proposed_troop_%E2%80%9Csurge%E2%80%9D_in_Iraq" title="Congressional actions regarding President Bush’s 2007 proposed troop “surge” in Iraq">Congressional actions regarding President Bush’s 2007 proposed troop “surge” in Iraq</a></i></dd>

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<p>On March 15, Nelson was one of two Democratic Senators who voted against a joint resolution to revise U.S. policy in Iraq. The measure failed 48-50.</p>

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<dd><i>Main article: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Troop_Readiness,Veterans%27_Health,and_Iraq_Accountability_Act,2007_%28H.R.1591%29" title="U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 (H.R.1591)" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 (H.R.1591)</a></i></dd>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Environmental_record">Environmental record</span></h3>

<p><i>For more information on environmental legislation, see the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy_%28U.S.%29" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a></i></p>

<p>On May 23, 2005, Nelson was one of fourteen Senators to forge a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Filibuster" title="Filibuster" class="mw-redirect">filibuster</a>, thus blocking the Republican leadership's attempt to implement the so-called "<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nuclear_option" title="Nuclear option">nuclear option</a>". Under the agreement, the Democrats would retain the power to filibuster one of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect">President Bush</a>'s judicial nominees only in an "extraordinary circumstance", and the three most conservative Bush appellate court nominees (<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Janice_Rogers_Brown" title="Janice Rogers Brown">Janice Rogers Brown</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Priscilla_Owen" title="Priscilla Owen">Priscilla Owen</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/William_H.Pryor,_Jr." title="William H. Pryor, Jr.">William H. Pryor, Jr.</a>) would receive a vote by the full Senate. Subsequently, he was the only Democratic senator to vote in favor of Brown; he was later the first Democratic senator to support <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Samuel_Alito" title="Samuel Alito" class="mw-redirect">Samuel Alito</a>'s confirmation to the Supreme Court.</p>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Vote_against_stem_cell_bill">Vote against stem cell bill</span></h3>

<p>Nelson was one of two Democrats in the Senate who voted against the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 which would have lifted restrictions on stem cell research. It passed the Senate in a vote of 63-34. It was later vetoed by President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect">George W. Bush</a>. The other Senator was <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bob_Casey" title="Bob Casey">Bob Casey</a> (D- PA).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ben_Nelson#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup></p>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Vote_to_confirm_Michael_Mukasey_as_Attorney_General">Vote to confirm Michael Mukasey as Attorney General</span></h3>

<p>Nelson was one of six Democrats to vote in favor of confirming <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michael_Mukasey" title="Michael Mukasey">Michael Mukasey</a> as Attorney General. The controversial vote's final tally was 53-40 in favor of confirmation. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ben_Nelson#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup></p>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Background">Background</span></h3>

<p>Nelson was born May 17, 1941 in McCook, Nebraska. Nelson earned a BA (1963), Master's degree (1965), and Juris JD (1970) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He was an attorney and insurance executive before being elected governor as a in 1990, and was easily reelected in 1994. During his first race for governor, he ran against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_A._Orr" class="extiw" title="w:Kay A. Orr">Kay A. Orr</a>.

Nelson left the governor's office in 1999 after two terms. Instead he ran for a seat in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Senate" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a> in 1996 but was defeated by Republican <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>. He ran again in 2000 after incumbent <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a>, announced his retirement. Nelson won with 51% of the vote.</p>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Senate_career">Senate career</span></h3>

<p>Nelson is among the leading conservative Democrats in the Senate. Nebraska has traditionally been a conservative state and Nelson's relatively conservative record has resulted in high approval ratings.

He voted twice, with three other Democrats, to end Senate debate over President Bush's United Nations Ambassador nominee <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Bolton" title="John Bolton" class="mw-redirect">John Bolton</a>. He was one of only two Democratic senators to vote against the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bipartisan_Campaign_Reform_Act_of_2002" title="Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002">Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002</a>. Nelson supports eliminating the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Estate_tax" title="Estate tax">estate tax</a> and voted in favor of both the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. He has voted with Republicans on matters of bankruptcy reform, environmental protection, lawsuit reform, and trade. He opposes most gun control laws and supports expanding use of the federal death penalty. He was one of only three Democratic senators to vote to invoke cloture on the proposed <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment">Federal Marriage Amendment</a>. Nelson has also voted against increasing funds for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Start" class="extiw" title="w:Head Start">Head Start</a> and energy assistance for people with low incomes. Votes such as these have often placed Nelson, perceived by most political observers as a moderate conservative, at odds with the leadership of his party. Democratic Party Senate Minority Leader <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a> has said that Nelson is probably the most conservative Democrat in the entire Senate caucus <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00129">[3]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00142">[4]</a>.</p>

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Nelson is one of several Democrats in the Senate with a pro-life voting record. Nelson is a member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democrats_for_Life_of_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Democrats for Life of America (page does not exist)">Democrats for Life of America</a>, a national organization for pro-life members of the Democratic party that advocates a 95% reduction in the number of abortions performed over the next 10 years. Nelson has also opposed legislation put forth by Senator <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton" title="Hillary Rodham Clinton">Hillary Rodham Clinton</a> that aimed to reduce the number of abortions by making sex education and contraceptives more available, putting Nelson in the same column as many conservative Republicans.</p>

<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2006_elections">2006 elections</span></h4>

<p>In 2006, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republicans</a> nominated <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pete_Ricketts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pete Ricketts (page does not exist)">Pete Ricketts</a> to face Nelson in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._congressional_elections_in_2006" title="U.S. congressional elections in 2006" class="mw-redirect">U.S. congressional elections in 2006</a>) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=NE&year=2006">[5]</a> Nelson retained his seat.</p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Money_in_politics">Money in politics</span></h2>

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<table class="prettytable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">Links to more campaign contribution information for Ben Nelson

from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> site.</th></tr><tr><td>Fundraising profile:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00005329">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00005329">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by organization/corporation:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00005329">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00005329">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by industry:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00005329">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00005329">Career totals</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Nelson%2C+Ben">Revolving door profile for Ben Nelson</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00005329">2006 privately funded travel profile for Ben Nelson</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00005329">Personal finance profile for Ben Nelson</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,Nutrition,and_Forestry" title="Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry">Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry</a>

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<li>Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Domestic & Foreign Marketing, Inspection, & Plant & Animal Health</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and Credit</li>

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<li>Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Homeland Security</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Legislative Branch</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs</li>

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<li>Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Personnel - Chairman</li>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Rules_and_Administration" title="Senate Committee on Rules and Administration">Senate Committee on Rules and Administration</a></li>

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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29">Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</span></h4>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Forestry Conservation and Rural Revitalization</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Marketing Inspection and Production Promotion</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Research Nutrition and General Legislation</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Personnel - Ranking Minority Member</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Commerce,Science,and_Transportation" title="Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation">Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation</a>

<ul>

<li>Subcommittee on Aviation</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction - Ranking Minority Member</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Science and Space</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Trade Tourism and Economic Development</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine</li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="More_background_data">More background data</span></h2>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=CNIP0639">Background information on Ben Nelson from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=CNIP0639">Interest group scorecard ratings for Ben Nelson from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/n000180">Voting record for Ben Nelson from the Washington Post database</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=NEJR&site=congressmerge">Information on Ben Nelson from Congress Merge</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vis.org/candlist/Candidates.aspx?pid=258">2006 Nebraska Senate Candidate List from VIS</a></li>

</ul>

<p><i><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> also has an article on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nelson">Ben Nelson</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL">GFDL</a>.</i></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact">Contact</span></h2>

<p><b>DC Office:</b>

720 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510-2705

Phone: 202-224-6551

Fax: 202-228-0012

<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bennelson.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm">Web Email</a>

<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bennelson.senate.gov/">Website</a>

<b>District Office- Lincoln:</b>

287 Denny Federal Building

100 Centennial Mall North

Lincoln, NE 68508

Phone: 402-441-4600

Fax: 402-476-8753

<b>District Office- Omaha:</b>

7602 Pacific Street, Suite 205

Omaha, NE 68114

Phone: 402-391-3411

Fax: 402-391-4725

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_resources">Articles and resources</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_articles">Related SourceWatch articles</span></h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Vets_for_Freedom" title="Vets for Freedom">Vets for Freedom</a></li>

</ul>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ben_Nelson#cite_ref-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/19/AR2009121900797.html?sid=ST2009121900844">Deal on health bill is reached</a> "Washington Post", December 20, 2009</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ben_Nelson#cite_ref-1">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Patricia Murphy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/12/19/ben-nelson-i-intend-to-vote-for-health-care-reform/">Health Care Breakthrough: Ben Nelson Will Vote for Health Reform</a> “Politics Daily,” December 19, 2009</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ben_Nelson#cite_ref-2">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Jeffrey Young. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/senate-passes-stem-cell-research-bill-2007-04-11.html">"Senate passes stem cell research bill,"</a> <i>The Hill.</i> April 11, 2007.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ben_Nelson#cite_ref-3">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Manu Raju. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/senate-approves-mukasey-nomination-2007-11-09.html">"Senate Approves Mukasey Nomination,"</a> <i>The Hill.</i> November 9, 2007.</span></li>

</ol>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Resources">Resources</span></h3>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=12473">Interview with Jon Stewart</a>, <i>The Daily Show with Jon Stewart</i>, February 8, 2005. (<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Daily_Show" title="Daily Show">Other Daily Show interviews with members of Congress.</a>)</li>

</ul>

</div>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bennelson.senate.gov/">Official website</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000180">Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.democratsforlife.org/index.html">Democrats for Life of America</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://opensecrets.org/races/index.asp">Open Secrets</a> - 2006 congressional races database</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://whereistand.com/BenNelson/wizard">See how you compare to Ben Nelson</a></li>

</ul>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles">Articles</span></h3>

<ul>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vetsforfreedom.org/multimedia/details.aspx?ID=44">"Please Do Not Surrender Sen. Nelson,"</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Vets_for_Freedom" title="Vets for Freedom">Vets for Freedom</a>, August 8, 2007.</li>

<li>Patrick O'Connor, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0807/Veterans_group_launches_ads_to_counter_antiwar_organizers.html">"Veterans group launches ads to counter anti-war organizers,"</a> <i>The Crypt</i> Blog/<i>The Politico</i>, August 9, 2007.</li>

<li>Eric Pfeiffer, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wpherald.com/articles/5630/1/Veterans-campaign-to-continue-Iraq-surge/Polls-show-increased-public-support-for-surge.html">"Veterans campaign to continue Iraq surge,"</a> <i>Washington Times</i> (<i>World Peace Herald</i>), August 9, 2007.</li>

<li>Kyle Michaelis, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newnebraska.net/showDiary.do?diaryId=42">"Sen. Nelson Urged 'Don't Surrender to Al Qaeda',"</a> <i>New Nebraska Network</i>, August 14, 2007.</li>

</ul>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites">Local blogs and discussion sites</span></h3>

<ul>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newnebraska.blogspot.com">New Nebraska Network</a></i></li>

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<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear41674" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2010</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber41674" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">184</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle41674" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2010-184-dirty-air-act-2x-score" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dirty Air Act (2x Score)</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues41674" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change, Air</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice41674" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/anti-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear41572" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2010</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber41572" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">184</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle41572" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2010-184-dirty-air-act" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dirty Air Act</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues41572" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change, Air</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice41572" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/anti-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear46574" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2009</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber46574" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">307</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle46574" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2009-307-national-security-and-climate-change" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">National Security and Climate Change</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues46574" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice46574" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear46674" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2009</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber46674" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">295</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle46674" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2009-295-defunding-environmental-and-energy-staff" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Defunding Environmental and Energy Staff</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues46674" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change, Clean Energy</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice46674" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/anti-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear46774" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2009</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber46774" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">82</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle46774" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2009-82-polar-bear-protections-and-global-warming" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Polar Bear Protections and Global Warming</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues46774" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Wildlife, Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice46774" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/anti-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear53486" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2008</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber53486" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">145</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle53486" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2008-145-global-warming" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Global Warming</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues53486" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice53486" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear54150" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2008</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber54150" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">117</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle54150" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2008-117-wind-insurance" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Wind Insurance</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues54150" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change, Lands/Forests, Other</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice54150" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear60333" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2007</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber60333" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">416</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle60333" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2007-416-energy-legislation-fuel-efficiency-and-clean-renewable-energy" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Energy Legislation: Fuel Efficiency and Clean, Renewable Energy</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues60333" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Clean Energy, Transportation, Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice60333" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear60224" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2007</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber60224" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">226</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle60224" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2007-226-energy-legislation-fuel-efficiency-and-clean-renewable-energy" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Energy Legislation: Fuel Efficiency and Clean, Renewable Energy</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues60224" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Clean Energy, Transportation, Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice60224" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear60125" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2007</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber60125" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">225</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle60125" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2007-225-energy-legislation-fuel-efficiency-and-clean-renewable-energy" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Energy Legislation: Fuel Efficiency and Clean, Renewable Energy</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues60125" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Clean Energy, Transportation, Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice60125" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear60792" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2007</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber60792" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">213</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle60792" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2007-213-liquid-coal" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Liquid Coal</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues60792" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Dirty Energy, Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice60792" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear60990" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2007</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber60990" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">166</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle60990" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2007-166-water-resources-global-warming" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Water Resources -- Global Warming</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues60990" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change, Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice60990" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/anti-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear76481" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2005</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber76481" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">149</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle76481" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2005-149-global-warming" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Global Warming</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues76481" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice76481" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/anti-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear91644" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2003</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber91644" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">420</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle91644" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2003-420-global-warming" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Global Warming</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues91644" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change</span><span class="voteChoice vote-miss" id="voteChoice91644" style=" margin: 6px 9px 0px 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/miss-vote-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear374796" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber374796" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">38</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle374796" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-38-arctic-refuge-offshore-drilling-kxl" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Arctic Refuge & Offshore Drilling & KXL</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues374796" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change, Dirty Energy, Drilling, Lands/Forests, Water, Wildlife</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice374796" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

<div class="tableRow dataItem" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; color: rgb(34, 51, 68); height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear374695" style=" margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2012</span><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber374695" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">34</span><span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle374695" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2012-34-keystone-xl-tar-sands-pipeline-kxl" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline (KXL)</a></span><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues374695" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change, Dirty Energy, Water</span><span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice374695" style=" margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(56, 50, 51); background-image: url(http://scorecard.lcv.org/sites/all/themes/lcv_scorecard/images/pro-env-icon-20.png); overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 34px; display: block; height: 26px; float: left; margin-right: 0px !important; padding-left: 21px !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"> </span></div>

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<h3 style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Supports spending resources to stop Global Warming</h3>

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<span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Promote the selling of pollution credits between nations to encourage industries to decrease pollution levels.</span>

<center style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font face="Arial" size="1">Source: vote-smart.org , Sep 26, 2000</font></center>

<h3 style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a id="11-SV054" name="11-SV054" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.</a></h3>

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<a id="11-SV054" name="11-SV054" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><b style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><i>Congressional Summary:</i></b><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';">To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change. The Clean Air Act is amended by adding a section entitled, "No Regulation of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases". In this section, the term 'greenhouse gas' means any of the following:</span></a>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;"><a id="11-SV054" name="11-SV054" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Water vapor</a></li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Carbon dioxide</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Methane</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Nitrous oxide</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Sulfur hexafluoride</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Hydrofluorocarbons</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Perfluorocarbons</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Any other substance subject to, or proposed to be subject to regulation to address climate change.</li>

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<span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The definition of the term 'air pollutant' does not include a greenhouse gas, except for purposes of addressing concerns other than climate change.</span>

<p style=" font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><b><i>Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:</i></b>

[Sen. McConnell, R-KY]: The White House is trying to impose a backdoor national energy tax through the EPA. It is a strange way to respond to rising gas prices. But it is perfectly consistent with the current Energy Secretary's previously stated desire to get gas prices in the US up to where they are in Europe.

<b><i>Opponent's Argument for voting No:</i></b>

[Sen. Lautenberg, D-NJ]:We hear the message that has been going around: Let's get rid of the EPA's ability to regulate. Who are they to tell us what businesses can do? Thank goodness that in this democratic society in which we live, there are rules and regulations to keep us as a civilized nation. The Supreme Court and scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency agreed that the Clean Air Act is a tool we must use to stop dangerous pollution. This amendment, it is very clear, favors one group--the business community. The Republican tea party politicians say: "Just ignore the Supreme Court. Ignore the scientists. We know better." They want to reward the polluters by crippling EPA's ability to enforce the Clean Air Act. 

Status: Failed 50-50 (3/5</p>

<center style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a id="11-SV054" name="11-SV054" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Energy Tax Prevention Act; Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/amendment.xpd?session=112&amdt=s183" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Am183 to S.49</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_11-SV054.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">11-SV054</a> on Apr 6, 2011</font></center>

<h3 style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a id="2009-S135" name="2009-S135" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on protecting middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax.</a></h3>

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<li style=" list-style: none;"><a id="2009-S135" name="2009-S135" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>Congressional Summary:</i></b></a></li>

<li style=" font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a id="2009-S135" name="2009-S135" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">On budget resolutions, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill or amendment that includes a National energy tax increase which would have widespread applicability on middle-income taxpayers.</a></li>

<li style=" font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The term "middle-income" taxpayers means single individuals with $200,000 or less in adjusted gross income and married couples filing jointly with $250,000 or less.</li>

<li style=" font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The term "widespread applicability" includes the definition with respect to individual income taxpayers.</li>

<li style=" font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a id="2009-S135" name="2009-S135" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">The term "National energy tax increase" means any legislation that the Congressional Budget Office would score as leading to an increase in the costs of producing, generating or consuming energy.</a>

<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><a id="2009-S135" name="2009-S135" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>Proponent's argument to vote Yes:</i></b>Sen. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R, SC): The climate change proposal that was in the President's budget would create a massive tax increase on anybody who uses energy, and that would be every American middle-class family, which already has a tough time getting by. This [amendment creates a procedure to block] any bill that would raise the cost of energy on our middle-class families who are struggling to get by. I ask the Senate to rally around this concept. We can deal with climate change without passing a $3,000-per-household energy tax on the families of America who are having a hard time paying their bills.</a>

<b><i>Opponent's argument to vote No:</i></b>No senators spoke against the amendment.</p>

<center><a id="2009-S135" name="2009-S135" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Graham Amendment; Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SC00013:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S.Amdt.910 to S.Con.Res.13</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2009-S135.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2009-S135</a> on Apr 2, 2009</font></center>

<h3><a id="2009-S126" name="2009-S126" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on requiring full Senate debate and vote on cap-and-trade.</a></h3>

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<a id="2009-S126" name="2009-S126" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>Congressional Summary:</i></b>AMENDMENT PURPOSE: To prohibit the use of reconciliation in the Senate for climate change legislation involving a cap and trade system.</a>

<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><a id="2009-S126" name="2009-S126" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Sec. 202 is amended by inserting at the end the following: "The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget shall not revise the allocations in this resolution if the legislation is reported from any committee pursuant to sec. 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974."</a>

<b><i>Proponent's argument to vote Yes:</i></b>Sen. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R, SC): This idea to most people of a debate about reconciliation probably is mind-numbing and not very interesting. But there is a process in the Congress where you can take legislation and basically put it on a fast track. It is subject to 50 votes.

The whole idea of the Senate kind of cooling things down has served the country well. In that regard, to end debate you need 60 votes. If 41 Senators are opposed to a piece of legislation, strongly enough to come to the floor every day and talk about it, that legislation doesn't go anywhere. If you took climate change and health care, two very controversial, big-ticket items, and put them on the reconciliation track, you would basically be doing a lot of damage to the role of the Senate in a constitutional democracy.

Senator Byrd, who is one of the smartest people to ever serve in the Senate about rules and parliamentary aspects of the Senate, said that to put climate change and health care reform in reconciliation is like "a freight train through Congress" and is "an outrage that must be resisted." Senator Conrad said: "I don't believe reconciliation was ever intended for this purpose."

I think both of them are right. Under the law, you cannot put Social Security into reconciliation because we know how controversial and difficult that is. I come here in support of the Johanns amendment that rejects that idea.

<b><i>Opponent's argument to vote No:</i></b>No senators spoke against the amendment.</p>

<center><a id="2009-S126" name="2009-S126" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Johanns Amendment; Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SP735:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S.Amdt.735 to S.Con.Res.13</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2009-S126.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2009-S126</a> on Apr 1, 2009</font></center>

<h3><a id="2008-150" name="2008-150" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation.</a></h3>

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<a id="2008-150" name="2008-150" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><b><i>OnTheIssues.org Explanation:</i></b>A "Cloture Motion" would end debate on the bill, and then allow a vote on passage. This motion failed (3/5ths of the Senators must vote YEA), based on objections of how the new incentives would be paid for.<b><i>Congressional Summary:</i></b>A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide Tax incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, and to provide individual income tax relief.</a>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;"><a id="2008-150" name="2008-150" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">TITLE I--ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES</a></li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Sec. 102. Production credit for electricity produced from marine renewables.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Sec. 104. Credit for residential energy efficient property.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Sec. 106. New clean renewable energy bonds.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Part II--Carbon Mitigation Provisions</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Sec. 112. Expansion and modification of coal gasification investment credit.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Sec. 115. Carbon audit of the tax code.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Sec. 121. Inclusion of cellulosic biofuel in bonus depreciation for biomass ethanol plant property.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Sec. 122. Credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Sec. 124. Credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Sec. 127. Transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;"><a id="2008-150" name="2008-150" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Sec. 146. Qualified green building and sustainable design projects.<b><i>Opponents argument for voting NAY:</i></b>Sen. SPECTER: H.R. 6049 would revive important tax provisions that expired at the end of 2007 and extend provisions that are set to expire at the end of 2008. I support extension of the R&D tax credit, the renewable energy tax incentives, and many other important provisions in this package.</a>

<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><a id="2008-150" name="2008-150" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Despite the positive elements of this legislation, the main sticking point is whether temporary extensions of tax relief should be offset with permanent tax increases elsewhere. The White House issued a statement recommending a Presidential veto of this bill in its current form. [Vote NAY to] allow the Senate to work its will and pass legislation that can be quickly signed by the President.</a></p>

<center><a id="2008-150" name="2008-150" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act; Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR6049:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">HR6049</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2008-150.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2008-150</a> on Jun 17, 2008</font></center>

<h3><a id="2008-132" name="2008-132" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on addressing CO2 emissions without considering India & China.</a></h3>

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<b><i>OnTheIssues.org Explanation:</i></b> This is a motion on an omnibus spending bill, sending instructions to the committee resolving differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. Sen. Boxer introduced this motion, and Sen. DeMint introduced a counter-motion. Voting for the Boxer motion means you favor Boxer's method over DeMint's method, which means speeding up Congressional action on global warming.<b><i>Opponents argument for voting NAY:</i></b>Sen. DeMINT. When we are talking about trade agreements, there needs to be a level playing field. This motion would prevent Congress from passing any law with new mandates on greenhouse gas emissions that would harm the U.S. economy or result in job loss unless both China and India had the same mandates--in other words, if we had a level playing field. It is not going to help the environment in the United States or the world if we pass mandates that raise the cost of doing business in our country, if we create mandates that do not exist in India or China.<b><i>Proponents argument for voting YEA:</i></b>Sen. BOXER. I rise to speak against the DeMint motion and in favor of the Boxer motion. The DeMint motion is a throwback to 10 years ago when everybody, including myself, was saying we better watch out and not do anything about global warming until the undeveloped world acts. We cannot do that anymore. This is a time when we need to stand up as the leading country in the world and say that we can fight global warming, and we can win this fight.

<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;">But what happens with the DeMint motion, he gives China and India a veto power over what we should be doing. Imagine saying we are not going to do anything about human rights until China acts. Why would we give up our chance to take the mantle of leadership and finally grab hold of this issue? I cannot look into the eyes of my grandchildren and tell them: Sorry, I am giving over my proxy to China & India, and I can't do anything about it.</p>

<center><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Motion to Instruct Conferees (China-India) re: S.Con.Res.70; Bill <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SC00070:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Motion to Instruct S.Con.Res70</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2008-132.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2008-132</a> on May 15, 2008</font></center>

<h3><a id="2007-226" name="2007-226" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies.</a></h3>

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<a id="2007-226" name="2007-226" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Creating Long-term Energy Alternatives for the Nation (CLEAN) Act</a>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;"><a id="2007-226" name="2007-226" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Title I: Ending Subsidies for Big Oil Act--denying a deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, natural gas, or their related primary products.</a></li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Title II: Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act--to incorporate specified price thresholds for royalties on oil & gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Title III: Strategic Energy Efficiency And Renewables Reserve--makes the Reserve available to accelerate the use of clean domestic renewable energy resources and alternative fuels.</li>

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<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><b>Proponents support voting YES because:</b>

This legislation seeks to end the unwarranted tax breaks & subsidies which have been lavished on Big Oil over the last several years, at a time of record prices at the gas pump and record oil industry profits. Big Oil is hitting the American taxpayer not once, not twice, but three times. They are hitting them at the pump, they are hitting them through the Tax Code, and they are hitting them with royalty holidays put into oil in 1995 and again in 2005.

It is time to vote for the integrity of America's resources, to vote for the end of corporate welfare, to vote for a new era in the management of our public energy resources.

<b>Opponents support voting NO because:</b>

I am wearing this red shirt today, because this shirt is the color of the bill that we are debating, communist red. It is a taking. It will go to court, and it should be decided in court.

This bill will increase the competitive edge of foreign oil imported to this country. If the problem is foreign oil, why increase taxes and make it harder to produce American oil and gas? That makes no sense. We should insert taxes on all foreign oil imported. That would raise your money for renewable resources. But what we are doing here today is taxing our domestic oil. We are raising dollars supposedly for renewable resources, yet we are still burning fossil fuels. 

Status: Bill passed Bill passed, 65-27</p>

<center><a id="2007-226" name="2007-226" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation (CLEAN); Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.00006:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">H.R.6</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2007-226.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2007-226</a> on Jun 21, 2007</font></center>

<h3><a id="2007-215" name="2007-215" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.</a></h3>

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<a id="2007-215" name="2007-215" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voting YES would amend the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. It would be a violation for any foreign state:</a>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;"><a id="2007-215" name="2007-215" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">to limit the production or distribution of oil & natural gas;</a></li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">to set or maintain the price of oil & natural gas; or</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for oil & natural gas;</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">when such collective action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil & natural gas in the US.</li>

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<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><b>Proponents recommend voting YES because:</b>

Our NOPEC bill will authorize filing suit against nations that participate in a conspiracy to limit the supply, or fix the price, of oil. In addition, it will specify that the doctrines of sovereign immunity do not exempt nations that participate in oil cartels from basic antitrust law.

<b>Opponents recommend voting NO because:</b>

No one likes OPEC. But this amendment, in my opinion, would make bad law. The Framers of the Constitution wisely assigned responsibility for formulating foreign policy and conducting foreign relations to the President and to the Congress, not to the law courts.

The amendment before us has its roots in a lawsuit filed by the labor union nearly 30 years ago. The union at that time charged OPEC with price fixing in violation of our antitrust laws. The trial court dismissed the case on the ground that OPEC members are sovereign nations and are immune from suit. Adopting the amendment will undoubtedly be very popular, but it is also very unwise.

In addition, we here in the Senate ought to consider how enactment of this amendment might affect our relations with OPEC members. What will be the international repercussions when the US starts awarding judgments against foreign nations and attaching their assets in this country? Will other nations start to view our trade policies--such as our nuclear trade restrictions--as violations of their antitrust laws?</p>

<center><a id="2007-215" name="2007-215" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SP01502:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">NOPEC Amendment to CLEAN Energy Act</a>; Bill <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SP1519:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S.Amdt.1519 to H.R.6</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2007-215.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2007-215</a> on Jun 19, 2007</font></center>

<h3><a id="2007-166" name="2007-166" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted NO on factoring global warming into federal project planning.</a></h3>

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<a id="2007-166" name="2007-166" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Amendment would require the consideration of global climate change, in planning, feasibility studies, & general reevaluation reports. Would require accounting for the costs & benefits from the impacts of global climate change on flood, storm, and drought risks; potential future impacts of global climate change-related weather events, such as increased hurricane activity, intensity, storm surge, sea level rise, and associated flooding; & employs nonstructural approaches and design modifications to avoid or prevent impacts to streams, wetlands, and floodplains that provide natural flood and storm buffers.</a>

<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><a id="2007-166" name="2007-166" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><b>Proponents recommend voting YES because:</b></a>

It just seems logical that we ask the Corps of Engineers to include in their analyses, judgments about the potential impact of global climate change. All this amendment seeks to do, as a matter of common sense, is to ask the Army Corps of Engineers to factor climate change into their future plans. Secondly, we are making a statement here to finally recognize the reality of what is happening with respect to climate change.

<b>Opponents recommend voting NO because:</b>

The same people today who are saying we are all going to die from global warming, just back in the middle 1970s were saying another ice age is coming and we are all going to die. Which way do you want it?

If a surge of anthropogenic gases--this CO2, methane, or whatever it is--were causing a warming period, then around 1945 we would have a warming period because in the middle 1940s we had the greatest increase in greenhouse gases. But what happened? It did not precipitate a warming period.

Peer reviewed evidence shows that the sun has actually been driving the temperature change. You don't have to be a scientist to know that the Sun can have something to do with climate change.

Implementing Kyoto would reduce the average annual household income nearly $2,700, at a time when the cost of all goods would rise sharply.</p>

<center><a id="2007-166" name="2007-166" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SP1094:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Kerry Amendment</a>; Bill <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SP1065:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S.Amdt.1094 to H.R.1495</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2007-166.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2007-166</a> on May 15, 2007</font></center>

<h3><a id="2005-288" name="2005-288" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR.</a></h3>

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<a id="2005-288" name="2005-288" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">To remove the establishment of an oil and gas leasing program in the Alaskan Coastal Plain. The original bill allows for an oil and gas leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Voteing YES on this amendment would remove that section, hence barring leasing in ANWR.</a>

<center><a id="2005-288" name="2005-288" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Bar Oil and Gas Leasing amendment; Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SP2358:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S Amdt 2358 to S 1932</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2005-288.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2005-288</a> on Nov 3, 2005</font></center>

<h3><a id="2005-250" name="2005-250" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted NO on $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas.</a></h3>

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<a id="2005-250" name="2005-250" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">To provide for appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Vote on a motion to waive the Budget Act in order to adopt an amendment that appropriates federal funds for the LIHEAP program. A 3/5th vote is required to amand a budget bi</a>

<center><a id="2005-250" name="2005-250" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program appropriation; Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SP2033:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S.AMDT.2033 to HR 2863</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2005-250.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2005-250</a> on Oct 5, 2005</font></center>

<h3><a id="2005-140" name="2005-140" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%).</a></h3>

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<a id="2005-140" name="2005-140" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Amendment to improve the energy security of the United States and reduce United States dependence on foreign oil imports by 40% by 2025. The amendment seeks to reduce usage by 7.6 million barrels of oil a day, out of a total usage of 20 million barrels of oil a day. The bill without amendment seeks to reduce usage by 1 million barrels of oil a day. Opponents of the amendment said, "It would be disruptive of jobs if you set a 78 mile per gallon CAFÉ standard for cars, a 185-percent increase; a 60 mile per gallon standard for trucks, light trucks, a 174-percent increase. [The unamended version] is more in keeping with President Kennedy's "man on the Moon" goal. [The amended version] is a "man or woman on Mars" goal, and maybe we will get there one day, but it is unrealistic today."</a>

<center><a id="2005-140" name="2005-140" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Energy Policy Act of 2005; Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SP784:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S.Amdt. 784 to H.R. 6</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2005-140.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2005-140</a> on Jun 16, 2005</font></center>

<h3><a id="2005-52" name="2005-52" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.</a></h3>

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<a id="2005-52" name="2005-52" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Vote to adopt an amendment that would strike a provision in the concurrent resolution that recognizes revenue from oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The amendment says: "To ensure that legislation that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, other federal lands, and the Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling receives full consideration and debate in the Senate under regular order, rather than being fast-tracked under reconciliation procedures; to ensure that receipts from such drilling destined for the federal treasury are fairly shared with local jurisdictions; and does not occur unless prohibitions against the export of Alaskan oil are enacted."</a>

<center><a id="2005-52" name="2005-52" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge anti-drilling Amendment; Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SP168:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S AMDT 168 to S.Con.Res. 18</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2005-52.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2005-52</a> on Mar 16, 2005</font></center>

<h3><a id="2003-317" name="2003-317" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on Bush Administration Energy Policy.</a></h3>

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<a id="2003-317" name="2003-317" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Vote to pass a bill would overhaul the nation's energy policies, reorganize the electricity system and make available approximately $15 billion in energy-related tax incentives. It also would direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to establish a new CAFE standard within 15 months to two years. It would support the use of alternative energy and call for utilities to increase their dependence on renewable fuels.</a>

<center><a id="2003-317" name="2003-317" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Energy Policy Act of 2003; Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR00006:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">HR 6</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2003-317.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2003-317</a> on Jul 31, 2003</font></center>

<h3><a id="2003-212" name="2003-212" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010.</a></h3>

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<a id="2003-212" name="2003-212" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Dorgan Amdt. No. 865; To require that the hydrogen commercialization plan of the Department of Energy include a description of activities to support certain hydrogen technology deployment goals. Part of S 14 Energy Omnibus bill; this vote would pass an amendment that would call for the Department of Energy to set targets and timelines to maintain the production of 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010, and 2.5 million vehicles annually by 2020. It also would call for the department to set targets for the sale of hydrogen at fueling stations. The bill would require the Energy secretary to submit a yearly progress report to Congress.</a>

<center><a id="2003-212" name="2003-212" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SP00865:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S.14</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2003-212.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2003-212</a> on Jun 10, 2003</font></center>

<h3><a id="2003-59" name="2003-59" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill.</a></h3>

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<a id="2003-59" name="2003-59" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Boxer Amdt. No. 272.; To prevent consideration of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a fast-track budget reconciliation bill. S Con Res 23 Budget resolution FY2004: Vote to pass an amendment that would strike (remove) language in the resolution that would permit oil drilling and exploration in part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. [Voting No favors drilling for oil in ANWR].</a>

<center><a id="2003-59" name="2003-59" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SP00272:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">SConRes 23</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2003-59.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2003-59</a> on Mar 19, 2003</font></center>

<h3><a id="2002-71" name="2002-71" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted NO on drilling ANWR on national security grounds.</a></h3>

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<a id="2002-71" name="2002-71" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Murkowski Amendment No. 31323; To create jobs for Americans, to reduce dependence on foreign sources of crude oil and energy, to strengthen the economic self determination of the Inupiat Eskimos and to promote national security. Would allow gas and oil development in a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge if the president certifies to Congress that production in the area is in the nation's security and economic interests (qwhich Prsident Bush would). If the cloture motion is agreed to, debate will be limited and a vote will occur. If the cloture motion is rejected debate could continue indefinitely and instead the bill is usually set aside. A yea vote for this bill was one in favor of drilling in the reserve. Three-fifths of the total Senate (60) is required to invoke cloture.</a>

<center><a id="2002-71" name="2002-71" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:SP03132:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S.517</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2002-71.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2002-71</a> on Apr 18, 2002</font></center>

<h3><a id="2002-47" name="2002-47" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Voted YES on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months.</a></h3>

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<a id="2002-47" name="2002-47" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Levin Amendment No. 2997; To provide alternative provisions to better encourage increased use of alternative fueled and hybrid vehicles. Vote to pass an amendment that would remove the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard (CAFE) and instead establish a new automobile efficiency standard in 15 months. Congress could veto any CAFE increase and would be allowed to increase the standard if no changes are made with 15 months. The bill would overhaul the nation's energy policies by restructuring the electricity system and providing for $16 billion in energy-related tax incentives.</a>

<center><a id="2002-47" name="2002-47" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Reference: Bill </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:SP02997:" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">S.517</a> ; vote number <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/SenateVote/Party_2002-47.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2002-47</a> on Mar 13, 2002</font></center>

<h3><a id="00-DLC10" name="00-DLC10" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Supports tradable emissions permits for greenhouse gases.</a></h3>

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<a id="00-DLC10" name="00-DLC10" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Nelson adopted the manifesto, "A New Agenda for the New Decade":</a>

<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><a id="00-DLC10" name="00-DLC10" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><big><b><i>Modernize Environmental Policies </i></b></big>

National environmental policies, mostly developed in the 1970s, have been remarkably successful in improving the quality of our air and water. But we face a new set of environmental challenges for which the old strategy of centralized, command-and-control regulation is no longer effective.</a>

The old regime of prohibitions and fines levied on polluters is not well equipped to tackle problems such as climate change, contamination of water from such sources as farm and suburban runoff, loss of open lands, and sprawl. Without relaxing our determination to maintain and enforce mandatory national standards for environmental quality, it is time to create more effective, efficient, and flexible ways of achieving those standards.

For example, a system of tradable emissions permits would give factories, power plants, and other sources of air pollution and greenhouse gases a powerful incentive not only to meet but to exceed environmental standards. Decisions about solving local environmental problems should be shifted from Washington to communities, without weakening national standards. Finally, to empower citizens and communities to make sound decisions, government should invest in improving the quality and availability of information about environmental conditions.</p>

<li style=" list-style: none;"><big><b><i>Goals for 2010</i></b></big></li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Create a domestic emissions trading system to reduce greenhouse gases by 10 percent.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">Promote innovative agreements for community and regional partnerships to achieve national environmental goals and standards through local strategies.</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">End government subsidies for sprawl.</li>

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<center><a id="00-DLC10" name="00-DLC10" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Source: The Hyde Park Declaration </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_00-DLC10.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">00-DLC10</a> on Aug 1, 2000</font></center>

<h3><a id="04-SEN2" name="04-SEN2" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Keep efficient air conditioner rule to conserve energy.</a></h3>

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<a id="04-SEN2" name="04-SEN2" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Nelson signed a letter from 53 Senators to the President</a>

<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><a id="04-SEN2" name="04-SEN2" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Mr. President: A recent federal court decision regarding energy efficient air conditioners is a significant victory for consumers, for the environment, and for our nation's energy future. We respectfully request that you do not appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.</a>

Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second District (Natural Resources Defense Council et al v. Abraham, Docket 01-4102) affirmed that central air conditioners sold beginning in 2006 must be at least 30% more energy efficient than those available today.

Air conditioners are a necessary modern convenience but are also major users of electricity. On hot days, cooling homes and businesses is the largest category of electricity demand. Requiring air conditioners to be as energy efficient as possible will begin to reduce the stress on the electricity generation and transmission network and decrease the likelihood of blackouts that many regions of the country experience during warm weather conditions.

Air conditioners that meet the Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating 13 standard will provide benefits for consumers, the environment, and the nation. The SEER 13 standard will alleviate the need for additional electricity production and transmission resulting in as many as 48 fewer power plants required by 2020. This standard will also result in less harmful air pollution being emitted into the atmosphere. Moreover, by 2020 power plant emissions of carbon dioxide will be 2.5 million tons lower as a result, and emissions of mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides will also be held down resulting in cleaner air and healthier citizens.

Finally, the higher standard can be expected to save businesses and residential consumers $1 billion per year in lower electricity bills. Lower electricity bills will recover the slightly higher purchase cost for the more efficient air conditioners in less than 18 months.</p>

<center><a id="04-SEN2" name="04-SEN2" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Source: Letter from 53 Senators to the President </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_04-SEN2.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">04-SEN2</a> on Mar 19, 2004</font></center>

<h3><a id="06n-CAF" name="06n-CAF" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Rated 33% by </a><a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Note-CAF.asp" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">CAF</a>, indicating a mixed record on energy independence.</h3>

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Nelson scores 33% by CAF on energy issues

<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><b><i>OnTheIssues.org interprets the 2005-2006 CAF scores as follows:</i></b></p>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">0% - 30%: opposition of energy independence (approx. 206 members)</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">30% - 70%: mixed record on energy independence (approx. 77 members)</li>

<li style=" font-size: 12px;">70%-100%: support for energy independence (approx. 183 members)</li>

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<b><i>About the CAF (from their website, www.ourfuture.org):</i></b>

<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;">The Campaign for America's Future (CAF) is a center for ideas and action that works to build an enduring majority for progressive change. The Campaign advances a progressive economic agenda and a vision of the future that works for the many, not simply the few. The Campaign is leading the fight for America's priorities--against privatization of Social Security, for investment in energy independence, good jobs and a sustainable economy, for an ethical and accountable Congress and for high quality public education.

<b><i>About the CAF report, "Energy Independence: Record vs. Rhetoric":</i></b>

Energy independence has surfaced as a defining issue in the current elections. Are most candidates and both parties truly committed? To help distinguish the demonstrated level of support for homegrown, clean energy alternatives, we examined the voting records of current U.S. Representatives and Senators on bills vital to promoting those interests. Key pieces of legislation included goals for independence, and subsidies for the development of alternatives compared to subsidies for drilling and digging. We then compared votes on these issues with campaign contributions from major oil interests. The results show strong inverse correlations between political contributions from big oil and votes for energy independence.</p>

<center><font face="Arial" size="1">Source: CAF "Energy Independence" Report <a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_06n-CAF.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">06n-CAF</a> on Dec 31, 2006</font></center>

<h3><a id="2007-SC03" name="2007-SC03" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025.</a></h3>

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<a id="2007-SC03" name="2007-SC03" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Nelson co-sponsored setting goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025</a>

<p style=" font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 8px;"><a id="2007-SC03" name="2007-SC03" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;">A resolution that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the US should provide from renewable resources not less than 25% of the total energy consumed and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber. [Governors also signed letters of endorsement at www.25x25.org]</a>

Rep. SALAZAR: "Our resolution establishes a national goal of producing 25% of America's energy from renewable sources--like solar, wind and biofuels--by 2025. The "25x'25" vision is widely endorsed, bold, and fully attainable. If implemented, it would dramatically improve our energy security, our economy, and our ability to protect the environment.

"I am pleased that more than 20 of my colleagues in the Senate, from both sides of the aisle, are cosponsoring this resolution. In addition, the "25x'25" vision has been endorsed by 22 current and former governors and several State legislatures across the country. The Big Three automobile manufacturers--Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors--are all behind "25x'25" So are many agricultural organizations, environmental groups, scientists, and businesses, ranging from the Natural Resources Defense Council to John Deere.

"These Americans understand that we cannot continue to import 60% of our oil from foreign countries, many of which are hostile to the US, if we aim to be strong and secure in the world. They know that we will have to build a clean energy economy if we are to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It is time for Congress to take a more active role in our clean energy future. Establishing a national goal--"25x'25" is the first step."</p>

<center><a id="2007-SC03" name="2007-SC03" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 153); text-decoration: underline;"><font face="Arial" size="1">Source: 25x'25 Act (S.CON.RES.3 / H.CON.RES.25) </font></a><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_2007-SC03.htm" style=" color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">2007-SC03</a> on Jan 17, 2007</font></center>

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