Open Congress : News Articles for S.J.Res.26 A joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the endangerment finding and the cause or contribute findings for greenhouse gases under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.

Sen. Baucus, I Salute You!

2010-10-06T20:00:00Z

...for many other moderate Democrats on the issue.” Second,Baucus voted against Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s resolution (S.J.Res.26) to overturn EPA’s Endangerment Rule — the trigger for a cascade of greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act. If h

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Rockefeller Bill - Is It Good Enough?

2010-07-22T20:00:00Z

...legislative margin of victory for the Party of Endangerment. The bill’s main purpose now is to obscure what the vote on S.J.Res.26 made so clear — namely, which Members of Congress actually oppose regulatory excess and which do not, and which Mem

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Roll Call Report

2010-06-16T20:00:00Z

(SJ Res 26) US Debt and Security: Senators failed, 38-61, to table (kill) a GOP amendment to HR 4213 requiring presidential reports on the extent to which ...

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Clean Air Act: Protecting the green initiative

2010-06-16T20:00:00Z

SJ Res 26 would also block the Obama administration's move last year to mandate new fuel economy standards of 35.5 miles per gallon for new cars and trucks ...

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CLIMATE CHANGE; Senate Votes to Abdicate Its Responsibility, Giving the EPA ...

2010-06-15T20:00:00Z

FreedomWorks is disappointed that the US Senate voted down a "motion to proceed" to a final vote on SJ Res. 26., Sen. Lisa Murkowski's resolution of ...

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The Maine Word for "Chutzpah" is "Collins"

2010-06-14T20:00:00Z

Murkowski's SJ Res 26 would block the Environmental Protection Agency from establishing fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for vehicles. ...

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2010-06-14T20:00:00Z

On June 10, the Senate defeated a resolution (SJ Res. 26) introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) that would have canceled EPA's endangerment finding for ...

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2010-06-14T20:00:00Z

Murkowski's (R-AK) resolution (SJ Res. 26), effectively killing the legislation that would have overturned the Environmental Protection Agency's scientific ...

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Brava, Sen. Murkowski

2010-06-13T20:00:00Z

...must be able to pass on their own merits, instead of serving as a defense against ill-considered regulations. Nor is it [S.J.Res.26] about fuel efficiency — the Department of Transportation is and has been in charge for 35 years, and we don’t need a

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Senate Takes Historic Vote on EPA Carbon Grab

2010-06-12T20:00:00Z

Following the EPA endangerment finding US Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala., introduced a resolution of disapproval, SJ Res. 26, to prevent the EPA from using ...

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We Can Lead Statement on SJ Res. 26

2010-06-11T20:00:00Z

We Can Lead, a project of Ceres and the Clean Economy Network, released the following statement regarding SJ Res. 26, Senator Murkowski's resolution to ...

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Roll Call

2010-06-11T20:00:00Z

This vote occurred during debate on SJ Res 26. A yes vote was to block the EPA rules. US debt and security: Voting 61-38, the Senate on Wednesday failed to ...

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Senate Dems Vote to Empower EPA to Enact Cap and Trade

2010-06-10T20:00:00Z

Lisa Murkowski's (R-Ak.) resolution of disapproval (SJ Res.26) by a 47-53 margin, Democrats approved handing the EPA the unprecedented power to drastically ...

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AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT OVER SENATE FAILURE ...

2010-06-10T20:00:00Z

... issued the following statement on the Senate's failure today to pass SJ Res 26:<< /> “We are disappointed that the US Senate failed to pass SJ Res 26, ...

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No, It’s Not About Oil; Besides, Oil Is Good!

2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

It is a measure of the weakness of the case against Sen. Murkowski’s resolution of disapproval (S.J.Res.26) that opponents keep trying to change the subject. They want to pretend that a vote for S.J.Res.26 is a vote for Big Oil in general and for BP’s

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Green diary rescue & open thread: oil and wildlife don't mix

2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

And Karen Hedwig Backman in SJ Res. 26: Murkowski's Amendment to Regulate EPA: "EPA's finding that greenhouse gas pollution endangers public health. ...

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2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

It's called "Senate Joint Resolution 26" ("SJ Res 26," is also called the Murkowski Resolution for its lead sponsor) and it would block and overturn the ...

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Scott Brown ideally positioned to restore Democratic accountability on climate ...

2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who introduced SJ Res. 26, has made it clear that her resolution was not designed as a referendum on the science of global ...

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THE JUKE BOX

2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

THERE IS A BILL INTRODUCED BY SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI,(SJ RES. 26) WHICH WOULD STOP THE EPA FROM IMPOSING CARBON CONTROLS ON AMERICAN BUSINESS. ...

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Louisiana shrimper arrested protesting oil killing

2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

She has sponsored an amendment that will be voted on today (SJ Res 26) to take away the EPA's authority to regulate green house gases. ...

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2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FreedomWorks is disappointed that the US Senate voted down a “motion to proceed” to a final vote on SJ Res. 26., Sen. ...

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2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

By The White House on 06/10/2010 – 3:24 pm PDTLeave a Comment I commend the Senate for rejecting the resolution put forward by Senator Murkowski, ...

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We Can Lead Statement on S.J Res. 26

2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- We Can Lead, a project of Ceres and the Clean Economy Network, released the following statement regarding SJ Res. 26 ...

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Auto Dealers Demolish White House Rationale for Opposing Murkowski Resolution

2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

...any Senator would even propose a three-different-fuel-economy standards framework, especially one filled with exemptions, lower standards for some, and conflicting policies, Passage of S.J.Res. 26 would partially correct this onerous and redundant polic

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Sen. Boxer’s Demagoguery Knows No Bounds

2010-06-09T20:00:00Z

...and other members of the greenhouse faction have been unable to secure the old fashioned way — by ratifying treaties and enacting laws. Opponents of S.J.Res.26 will do and say anything to avoid restoring political accountability to climate policym

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Action Alert from Tea Party Patriots

2010-06-08T20:00:00Z

Murkowski's office, the vote on SJ Res. 26 should be happening before Congress goes on their memorial break, we need to help get that vote to the floor.

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Is It Antiscience to Limit EPA's Authority on Greenhouse Emissions?

2010-06-08T20:00:00Z

...scientific decision. Because the endangerment finding dramatically expands EPA's power, the agency fiercely opposes S.J.Res.26, depicting it as an attack on science. That is nonsense. Although a strong case can be made that the endangerment finding is s

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2010-06-07T20:00:00Z

The National Cotton Council (NCC) is urging Senators to vote “yes” on adoption of SJ Res. 26, a resolution to disapprove the regulation of greenhouse gases ...

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Statement of Marlo Lewis on S.J.Res.26, Sen. Murkowski’s resolution to overturn EPA’s endangerment finding

2010-06-07T20:00:00Z

...is both trigger and precedent for sweeping policy changes Congress never approved. Tomorrow, I will speak in support of S.J.Res.26 at an 11:00 a.m. Capitol Hill press conference hosted by Americans for Prosperity. My prepared statement follows. Sen. Mu

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On Israel, immigrants and the use of force

2010-06-06T20:00:00Z

There will soon be a Senate vote on SJ Res. 26, Sen. Lisa Murkowski's, R-Alaska, resolution to disapprove of the Environmental Protection Agency's attempt ...

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Handcuff EPA?

2010-06-06T20:00:00Z

...(also impossible, because S.J.Res.26 is not a tax or spending bill). Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) tries to equate S.J.Res.26 with a hypothetical vote to overturn the Surgeon General’s famous report linking cigarette smoking to cancer. We’re suppos

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Greenhouse gas emissions

2010-06-03T20:00:00Z

for a vote June 10 on her resolution (SJ Res 26) that would block the EPA's authority to regulate these emissions. The resolution would overturn the EPA's ...

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Stop EPA's regulatory assault

2010-06-02T20:00:00Z

That's when the Senate will vote on a resolution, SJ Res. 26, introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), that would overturn the EPA's global warming ...

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CBD Provides Yet Another Reason to Nix EPA Endangerment Finding

2010-06-02T20:00:00Z

Twice during the past six months, the eco-litigators at the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) have underscored the political necessity for Congress to overturn EPA’s endangerment finding. Yes, that is very far from CBD’s intention. CBD is a fe

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Federal bureaucrats could wipe away dividend checks

2010-06-01T20:00:00Z

Murkowski's bipartisan resolution (SJ Res. 26) keeps Congress in the driver's seat to forge a viable climate bill and takes $7 to $9 gasoline off Alaskans' ...

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Disapproval resolution: June 2010 (Sen. Lisa Murkowski

2010-06-01T20:00:00Z

...Clean Air Act regulations should be taken off the table. And they can be, through enactment of the Disapproval Resolution (S.J.Res.26) that I filed with 40 of my Democratic and Republican colleagues. My decision to introduce this measure is rooted in a

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Senate will debate resolution of disapproval

2010-05-27T20:00:00Z

SJ Res. 26 would in effect reverse EPA's finding, and allow the complex issue of climate change to be handled through thoughtful Congressional debate, ...

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Time to Fight Back Against the EPA's Power Grab

2010-05-26T20:00:00Z

That's when the Senate will vote on a resolution introduced by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (SJ Res. 26) that would overturn the EPA's global warming ...

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USA - The National Cattlemen's Beef Association

2010-05-25T20:00:00Z

In addition to supporting SJ Res. 26 and similar resolutions introduced in the House by Reps. Ike Skelton (D-MO) and Joe Barton (R-TX), ...

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We Must Defeat the EPA Power Grab

2010-05-25T20:00:00Z

The Senate is scheduled to vote June 10 on the Murkowski Resolution, SJ Res. 26. If passed it will stop the out-of-control Environmental Protection Agency's ...

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Conservation legend Russell Train to Senate: Protect the Clean Air Act

2010-05-23T20:00:00Z

Russell E. TrainThe legendary Russell Train was, among many other things, the second administrator of the EPA, serving from 1973-1977 under Nixon and Ford. He was instrumental in making environmental protection a top-line item on the presidential

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2010-05-20T20:00:00Z

That fight begins anew next week with the likely Senate vote on SJ Res. 26, the Murkowski resolution to disapprove of the Environmental Protection Agency's ...

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2010-05-19T20:00:00Z

Full text of a disapproval resolution, SJ Res. 26: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled ...

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Murkowski Move Would Block New Energy and Environmental Policies

2010-05-18T20:00:00Z

WASHINGTON - May 19 - The League of Women Voters of the United States today announced its strong opposition to SJ Res. 26, sponsored by Senator Lisa ...

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2010-05-18T20:00:00Z

WASHINGTON - May 19 - The League of Women Voters of the United States today announced its strong opposition to SJ Res. 26, sponsored by Senator Lisa ...

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Senator Murkowski aims to stop EPA carbon controls

2010-01-23T17:52:00Z

The Alaska lawmaker, in a speech on the Senate floor, said she so far had the firm support of 35 fellow Republicans and three Democrats for legislation that could move through the Senate in an expedited process.

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Sen. Murkowski: Block regs on greenhouse gases

2010-01-23T17:50:00Z

Murkowsi is sponsoring a Senate "resolution of disapproval" that would block the EPA from drawing up rules to limit discharges into the atmosphere by such big polluters as coal fired power plants, oil refineries and large factories.

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Sen. Murkowski's CLEAR option on carbon regulation

2010-01-23T17:49:00Z

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and 35 other senators yesterday introduced a bill that would strip the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating carbon. I understand their concerns about the impact EPA action would have on the economy.

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2010-01-21T19:00:00Z

SJ Res. 26 can't change that. As the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, you would think that Murkowski would get it. ...

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