Mark Pryor
Meritocracy Gone Wild
Democrat Self-Destruct Sequence, 5, 4, 3, 2...
First the good news: Via The Hill, Democratic leaders are thinking seriously about reforming the filibuster: READ MORE >>
EPA Can Still Regulate CO2 (For Now)
So it looks like Lisa Murkowski's resolution to block the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases got shot down. The final vote was 47 to 53, with every Republican and six Dems voting in favor, including Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Evan Bayh, Mark Pryor, and Jay Rockefeller. The line from most of these folks is that they want Congress, rather than the EPA, to take the lead on global warming. Trouble is, many of them won't vote for a climate bill, either. READ MORE >>
The Substitute
Failed Reform Would Haunt the Democrats Like the Undead
President Obama is going to address another Congressional gathering today. The audience will be more friendly this time: It will be the Senate Democratic caucus. But the stakes will be just as high as they were when Obama spoke to Republican House members last week. READ MORE >>
Is The EPA Ruling Putting Pressure On Congress?
Now that the EPA has laid the groundwork to go forward with its own set of greenhouse-gas regulations, p observers have suggested that this will put pressure on Congress to pass a climate bill next year, rather than leaving everything up to the executive branch. But is there any actual evidence of this pressure? Maybe so. Here's Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor: READ MORE >>
