Senate Defeats Kyoto

Ooops, I mean, the McCain Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act. We defeated Kyoto 95-0 (yep, thats right, during Slick Willie's presidency even Democrats were concerned with the economy). But seriously, can someone tell me what the difference is between this sham of a bill and kyoto?

I've gone over this before, but lets look at them, point by point again.

These are the gases each covers:
Kyoto

• Carbon Dioxide;


• methane;


• nitrous oxide;


• hydrofluorocarbons;


• perfluorocarbons; and


• hexafluoride.

McCain Lieberman

• Carbon Dioxide;


• methane;


• nitrous oxide;


• hydrofluorocarbons;


• perfluorocarbons; and


• hexafluoride.

They both impose emission caps.

• Kyoto caps emissions at 1990 levels.

• McCain Lieberman caps emissions first at 2000 levels, then ratchets them down to 1990 levels, then provides for further ratcheting down. Beyond 1990 levels.

• Under Kyoto the first commitment period for emission reductions is between 2008-2012.


• Under McCain Lieberman, reductions occur first in 2010 and then in 2016.

They both allow emissions trading, mandatory emissions reporting, carbon sequestration and development of carbon sinks, verification, and future ratcheting of emissions.
Perhaps most importantly, they are both tarted at the U.S. Economy and neither imposes any restrictions on the activities of rapidly developing nations like China or India, both of whom are set to surpass U.S. Carbon emissions shortly and already far exceed U.S. emissions of almost all other pollutants

Anyway, congrats to the Senate for standing up to this travesty of science of reason.

Here's the vote breakdown.

The Hero's

Sens. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), Wayne Allard (Colo.), George Allen (Va.), Bob Bennett (Utah), Kit Bond (Mo.), Sam Brownback (Kan.), Jim Bunning (Ky.), Conrad Burns (Mont.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), Thad Cochran (Miss.), Norm Coleman (Minn.), John Cornyn (Texas), Larry Craig (Idaho), Michael Crapo (Idaho), Jim DeMint (S.C.), Mike DeWine (Ohio), Elizabeth Dole (N.C.), Pete Domenici (N.M.), John Ensign (Nev.), Michael Enzi (Wyo.), Bill Frist (Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Chuck Hagel (Neb.), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas), James Inhofe (Okla.), Johnny Isakson (Ga.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Trent Lott (Miss.), Mel Martinez (Fla.), Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Pat Roberts (Kan.), Rick Santorum (Pa.), Jeff Sessions (Ala.), Richard Shelby (Ala.), Gordon Smith (Ore.), Arlen Specter (Pa.), Ted Stevens (Alaska), John Sununu (N.H.), Jim Talent (Mo.), Craig Thomas (Wyo.), John Thune (S.D.), David Vitter (La.), George Voinovich (Ohio) and John Warner (Va.), Sens. Max Baucus (Mont.), Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Robert Byrd (W.Va.), Mark Dayton (Minn.), Russ Feingold (Wis.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Mary Landrieu (La.), Carl Levin (Mich.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Mark Pryor (Ark.).

Agents of Economic Destruction

Sens. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.), Susan Collins (Maine), Judd Gregg (N.H.), Richard Lugar (Ind.), John McCain (Ariz.) and Olympia Snowe (Maine), Sens. Daniel Akaka (Hawaii), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Joe Biden (Del.), Jeff Bingaman (N.M.), Maria Cantwell (Wash.), Tom Carper (Del.), Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), Jon Corzine (N.J.), Christopher Dodd (Conn.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Daniel Inouye (Hawaii), Tim Johnson (S.D.), Ted Kennedy (Mass.), John Kerry (Mass.), Herb Kohl (Wis.), Frank Lautenberg (N.J.), Patrick Leahy (Vt.), Joe Lieberman (Conn.), Barbara Mikulski (Md.), Patty Murray (Wash.), Bill Nelson (Fla.), Barack Obama (Ill.), Jack Reed (R.I.), Harry Reid (Nev.), John Rockefeller (W.Va.), Ken Salazar (Colo.), Paul Sarbanes (Md.), Charles Schumer (N.Y.), Debbie Stabenow (Mich.), Ron Wyden (Ore.), and Sen. Jim Jeffords (Vt.).