{"id":242,"date":"2007-10-09T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/10\/09\/climate-vote-2007-senate-update-2\/"},"modified":"2008-04-22T12:27:17","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T17:27:17","slug":"climate-vote-2007-senate-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/10\/09\/climate-vote-2007-senate-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Senate: Lieberman and Warner Team Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>This post is by <a href=\"http:\/\/environmentaldefense.org\/page.cfm?tagID=940\">Mark MacLeod<\/a>, Director of Special Projects, Climate and Air Program.<\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Climate Vote 2007<\/h3>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.environmentaldefense.org\/content_Images\/capsunset_80x80.jpg\">Part of a series on the work of the Environmental Defense Action Fund to enact an effective climate law. <a href=\"http:\/\/action.environmentaldefense.org\/campaign\/climatevote07\">You can help by writing to Congress<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) has long supported national cap and trade legislation to fight global warming. In fact, he helped draft the first bill more than four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Senator John Warner (R-VA) has steadily warmed to the issue and has acknowledged the significant threat global warming poses to our environment, economy and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/08\/02\/why-senator-warner-got-serious-about-global-warming\/\">national security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As they <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/06\/28\/lieberman_warner_bill\/\">announced this summer<\/a>, they are now working together as chair and ranking member of a key Senate subcommittee to draft a comprehensive national global warming bill to cap and reduce America&#8217;s emissions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Senator Warner announced his plans to retire when his current term is up in January 2009, but his emerging support for effective legislation is a significant development that could trigger a broader shift in our favor in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Lieberman has said publicly that he sees a path to a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate of 60 votes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I won&#8217;t share my vote count with you, it&#8217;s a trade secret,&#8221; Lieberman said. &#8220;But I find that I now don&#8217;t need to make all that many optimistic assumptions in order to add up more than 60 votes in the Senate for strong, balanced, comprehensive climate legislation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is still work to be done, including fine-tuning the language of the bill. 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