je.st
news
Tag: senate
Keystone XL Veto Override Fails in Senate
2015-03-04 21:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The U.S. Senate today attempted to override President Obamas veto of legislation that would force approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, but fell short with a vote of 62-37. To override the Presidents veto it would have required 67 votes in the Senate. Next step is for the National Interest Determination process to complete its assessment and then the State Department will make its final recommendations to President Obama, most likely in the coming months. The definition of insanity...
Tags: fails
senate
override
keystone
U.S. Senate fails to override Obamas veto of Keystone XL approval
2015-03-04 15:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Senate failed on Wednesday to override President Barack Obamas veto of legislation approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, leaving the controversial project to await an administration decision on whether to permit or deny it. The Senate mustered just 62 votes in favor of overriding the veto, short of the two-thirds needed. Thirty-seven senators voted to sustain Obamas veto. The Senate action means the House of Representatives will not vote on override. Republican Senator John Hoeven...
Tags: approval
xl
fails
senate
Beer distribution bill heading to full Senate
2015-03-04 14:54:26| Beverages - Topix.net
House Bill 168, which would force Anheuser-Busch to sell two beer distributorships it owns in Louisville and Owensboro, is now even closer to becoming law. The bill passed the Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee 8-3 on Tuesday, and the bill will now go to the full Senate for a vote, WAVE-TV reports.
Tags: full
distribution
bill
beer
Inhofe brings snowball on Senate floor as evidence globe is not warming
2015-02-26 19:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Sen. James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, who strongly denies that climate change exists, brought a large snowball on the Senate floor Thursday as a real life example that the globe is not warming. "In case we have forgotten because we keep hearing that 2014 has been the warmest year on record," said Inhofe, who is the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee while holding the lumpy snowball in his hand. "I asked the chair, do you know what this is? It's a snowball just from outside here. So...
Tags: not
floor
evidence
brings
Senate panel backs pollution bill
2015-02-26 12:17:19| Waste Management - Topix.net
Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Little Rock, speaks on one of his bills Wednesday in the Senate Committee on Judiciary. Hutchinson is chairman of the committee.
Tags: bill
panel
pollution
senate
Sites : [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] next »