Daily Briefing - 4/18/07: WRDA, UN Security Council, Chimps, and Global Warming

WRDA heads to the floor...

MW

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Daily Briefing – 4/18/07
565 days until the NEXT election… and global warming is an integral part of our nation’s agenda!

Key Issues in the News
Global Warming
- UN Security Council hits impasse over debate on global warming
- Read this carefully: The increase in greenhouse gas emissions have slowly begun to decrease
o U.S. greenhouse gases increased over the last 15 years
- The Guardian: There is no doubt that global warming is a security threat to us all
- Side effect of global warming, thanks to wind shears, might weaken hurricanes
- Sen. Bernie Sanders: We Must Act Now
- Sen. Joe Lieberman sets timeline for climate bill
- NJ Senate panel looks at ways to cut emissions
- Bad, bad pun à An Inconvenient Tooth: Food is a major contributor
- Put the market to work
- Africa warned on climate change
Water Resources Development Act
- WRDA heads to the House floor
- Dallas Morning News: Our Future is on the Line
Washington/Legislation/Politics/People/etc.
- U.S. House readies for vote on D.C. seat
- Supreme Court upholds partial birth abortion ban
- Senate ethics Committee is looking into Sen. Domenci’s dealings in the AG kerfuffle
- Barney’s not so radical
Potential ‘08ers…
- Obama (Tom Friedman is impressed by him), Clinton (using some pork in her presidential push), Obama again (big army), Edwards (lots of funding from lawyers), Clinton again (gets endorsement from anti-war Congressman), Tancredo (can’t we wait a little while to split hairs to make political points??? UGH.), Paul (UGH, see previous statement), McCain (GOP ought to be the party of life), Thompson, Tommy (on the SCOTUS abortion decision), Romney (wealth cannot be matched), McCain again (starts throwing some mud at other GOP candidates, discreetly), Giuliani (leads SC fundraising), Thompson, Fred (conservatives boosting him to run)
Other News from the Media
- A day of mourning
- Tips for living environmentally friendly
- Reworked panel adopts a get-tough attitude on New Orleans levee repairs
- E.P.A. going greener
…and the Blogosphere
- The Fix: Parsing the polls on gun control
- National Journal: ’08 Race rankings for the Democrats
- TomPaine: Get aggressive on global warming
- Politico: Congress barely flinches
- The Caucus: Labor sets candidate forum dates
- RCP on the Dem Primary: Netroots v. National
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- Maybe he came for the pizza…
- Chimps more evolved than humans… As the examples rush through my head, I don’t have any inclination to disagree
- Chappelle pulls record long stand-up
Quotes O’ the Day
“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” ~ Thomas Jefferson