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A House vote in 1993 laid the groundwork for an important upcoming House vote on climate change legislation.
In 1993 then-Vice President Gore led the Clinton Administration to propose increasing the taxation of energy.  Called the “BTU tax,” the Administration proposed to tax the energy content of a fuel source, measured in British Thermal Units [...]

The Senate is now debating a climate change bill, typically referred to as the “Lieberman-Warner” bill, referring to Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Sen. John Warner (R-VA).  Technically, we think they’ll end up considering a slightly different version of that bill, offered by the Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. Barbara [...]