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By Laura Parker - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Dec. 1) -- House Republicans cooled off efforts to study global warming today by killing the select subcommittee that has been investigating climate change. "We have pledged to save taxpayers' money by reducing waste and duplication in Congress," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, who becomes speaker in January. "The Select Committee on Global Warming was created by Democrats simply to provide political cover to pass their job-killing national energy tax. It is unnecessary, and taxpayers will not have to fund it in the 112th Congress," Steel said. The ...
Bible Protects Against Global Warming? Energy Chair Hopeful Tells Us So
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe House's new Republican leadership will begin doling out coveted committee chairs after the Thanksgiving break, and it's unclear whether Rep. John Shimkus is helping his chances to lead the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee by arguing that climate change is a myth because God told Noah he would never again destroy the Earth by flood. Shimkus, an Illinois Republican, who won his seventh term this month, earned a dubious bit of YouTube notoriety in March 2009 when he told a subcommittee hearing on energy and the environment that we needn't worry about global warming because of Genesis ...
Cliff Stearns: Why You Should Vote for Me
By not in system - AOL NewsJobs and the economy are the top issues for people in our area. The national unemployment rate stands at nearly 10 percent and it is higher here in Florida. As a small business owner, I know what it takes to create jobs. That is why the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed my candidacy and they said my election to the House will help create jobs. American families and small businesses are making tough choices in this economic climate. I think Congress and the federal government must do the same. Since January 2009, the president has signed into law $1.8 trillion in new spending and $670 ...
Rep. Cliff Stearns Proposes Suspending Congress So That Cliff Stearns Can Attend a Football Game
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailySpeaker Pelosi, sorry to bother you, but hardworking Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) has been back on the job for nearly 3 days this congressional term. Don't you think it's time he got a break to watch football?And on the topic, could you suspend all voting while he's away?Stearns, a Republican from Ocala [Florida], wrote to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday asking her to move votes scheduled for Thursday evening and Friday so House members from Florida and Oklahoma can go to the Bowl Championship Series national title game.Stearns must have been weeping bitter tears as he wrote a formal ...
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