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POPS Thug Ed Markey (D-MA) Tried to Launch Investigation on Climate Bill Opponent!
… Our witnesses… have every right to expect that in exchange for their honesty with us, they will not be subjected to sanction, retribution and vengeance simply because the facts and opinions they offer do not square with those of the Committee’s members. Exercising the power of the Majority requires a special responsibility to protect witnesses. … As the hearing was still under way, however, Mr. Sokol and his company became the focus of apparent intimidation when Chairman Markey by letter dated the day of the hearing, asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to answer specific questions about investment and transmission-related activities of MidAmerican Energy and its parent, investor Warren Buffett… … An after-the-fact rationalization, however, does not change the appearance that Chairman Markey’s June 9 letter to FERC was intended to badger and harass a witness whose offense was merely daring to disagree with Mr. Markey
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POPSDem Mutiny on Climate Bill Grows, Says Peterson Peterson has warned that the bill put together by Waxman and Energy and Environment subcommittee Chairman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) will fail if agriculture-related provisions aren’t altered, and he’s said he has as many as 45 votes on his side. That number of Democratic defections would certainly doom the prospects of passing the bill in the House. Peterson threatened to have enough votes to kill the bill if he didn’t get satisfaction, while Rangel said he wanted to focus on healthcare first, and leave the climate change bill for a later time. Pelosi stepped in on June 3, demanding all chairmen square their business by June 19. But Peterson said that deadline is looking tough to meet. And while the House seems stuck, momentum appears to be building in the Senate to follow the House’s lead of enacting as big a bill as possible. Following Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) recent comments that “If can do it, we can do it,” a group of 25 senators,
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