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  • Climate change bill: Graham out in the cold 8 Nov 2009 05:12 GMT
    ... votes necessary to pass" and avoid a filibuster, Kerry said. Graham has tried to woo ... exchange for Democrats signing off on more nuclear power and expanded offshore drilling for oil ...

  • 411 Politics Reader's Roundtable: The Rebuilding Of The Republican Brand 7 Nov 2009 06:12 GMT
    ... committee have begun their own form of filibuster - actively boycotting the sub-committee hearings with ... These exception rules have been dubbed a "nuclear option" in much the same way that ...

  • GOP's Graham steps out on a limb on climate change 7 Nov 2009 21:50 GMT
    ... votes necessary to pass" and avoid a filibuster, Kerry said. Graham has tried to woo ... exchange for Democrats signing off on more nuclear power and expanded offshore drilling for oil ...

  • What Ails the Senate 5 Nov 2009 18:36 GMT
    ... announced he would use that very same filibuster to stop 35 million people from getting ... 2005 when they threatened to use the "nuclear option" to override Democratic filibusters of their ...

  • The real reason the climate bill is going to suck 2 Nov 2009 22:10 GMT
    ... to the floor for a vote—that's the filibuster. In 1917, a new rule was instituted ... say enough adulatory things about coal and nuclear and offshore oil drilling? Want to know ...

  • Saving the trillionth tonne of coal 5 Nov 2009 17:54 GMT
    ... stumbling block in the form of Republican filibuster threats in the Senate. Moreover, it appears ... market once again. The newer types of nuclear plants are the best bet if you ...

  • 3 senators seek compromise on climate change bill (Yesterday) 6 Nov 2009 06:55 GMT
    ... with expanded offshore drilling and incentives for nuclear power. Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Joseph Lieberman, ... votes" that are needed to overcome a filibuster in the Senate. Although Mr. Kerry said ...

  • 3 senators seek compromise on climate change bill (Today) 5 Nov 2009 07:54 GMT
    ... with expanded offshore drilling and incentives for nuclear power. Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Joseph Lieberman, ... votes" that are needed to overcome a filibuster in the Senate. Although Mr. Kerry said ...

  • Coal is still king in the US but must it sink a climate deal? 2 Nov 2009 19:31 GMT
    ... But opponents of legislation can threaten to filibuster (speak for an indefinite period and thereby ... of major initiatives - in solar, wind, nuclear, and carbon-capture technologies - to reduce its ...

  • Barack Obama: reality time 30 Oct 2009 20:52 GMT
    ... promised concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons. In a wonderful in Cairo, he ... 60 votes (the minimum needed to break filibuster) for 100%. It was a clever way ...

  • Jeffrey Sachs: Blame coal for slow U.S. progress on climate change 1 Nov 2009 11:36 GMT
    ... getting 60 votes to avoid a Senate filibuster is still a steep climb. Political analysts ... of major initiatives -- in solar, wind, nuclear, and carbon-capture technologies -- to reduce its ...


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