{"id":751,"date":"2009-08-03T14:02:32","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T19:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/08\/03\/tv-ads-members-of-congress-who-caved-in-to-special-interests\/"},"modified":"2009-08-03T14:16:40","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T19:16:40","slug":"tv-ads-members-of-congress-who-caved-in-to-special-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/08\/03\/tv-ads-members-of-congress-who-caved-in-to-special-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Ads: Members of Congress Who Caved in to Special Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Environmental Defense Action Fund launched a hard-hitting new campaign targeting members of Congress who opposed the American  Clean Energy and Security Act. The ads call them out for their failure to help reduce America&#8217;s  addiction to imported oil.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m6E0eOOY598\" title=\"Screen Shot of Climate Bill Accountability Ad, Summer 2009\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2009\/08\/souder-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot of Climate Bill Accountability Ad, Summer 2009\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=905\" title=\"profile of steve cochran\">Steve Cochran<\/a>, director of EDAF&#8217;s national climate campaign, said this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is a sustained campaign to educate the public.\u00a0The public should know when their elected representatives  vote against their interests.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of this bill have based their campaign on phony  numbers and scare tactics. We&#8217;re going to beat them with the  facts.\u00a0As this bill moves to the Senate, we are focusing on letting  constituents know who is ready to take action to cut imported oil and who just  wants to talk about it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The ads will run through the end  of September, and you can see them online:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m6E0eOOY598\" title=\"TV ad holding Mark Souder accountable for his vote on the climate bill\">Mark Souder<\/a> (R-IN)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3C-V7D3WLvg\" title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3C-V7D3WLvg\">Tim Holden<\/a> (D-PA)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RXmdFEO-Tpg\" title=\"TV ad holding Patrick Tiberi accountable for climate bill vote\">Patrick Tiberi<\/a> (R-OH)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Environmental Defense Action Fund launched a hard-hitting new campaign targeting members of Congress who opposed the American Clean Energy and Security Act. 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