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How They Voted on the Cap-and-Trade Bill

Posted on June 27, 2009

As we reported last night, just before heading home for Independence Day recess and after a particularly tough floor debate, the House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey climate change bill (H.R. 2454) by a nail-biter vote of 219-212. Two-hundred and eighteen votes were needed to pass the bill.Though they have tried in the past, this is the first time either chamber of Congress has been successful in passing a bill designed to address climate change. The bill's central provision is a cap-and-trade mechanism, which would establish a gradually-tightening economy-wide cap on how much ca...

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