S. 2191 - America's Climate Security Act of 2007

Air pollution. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes. (by CRS) 
Status:
The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar. 
There have been no votes on this bill.

America's Climate Security Act of 2007

S. 2191 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • America's Climate Security Act of 2007
  • Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007
Sponsor
Joseph Lieberman
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Air pollution
  • Actions and defenses
  • Administrative procedure
  • Agricultural pollution
  • Agricultural research
  • Agriculture
  • Air conditioning
  • Air pollution control
  • Airports
  • Alternative energy sources
  • Animals
  • Armed forces
  • Auctions
  • Automobile industry
  • Automobile repair
  • Biomass energy
  • Budgets
  • Building laws
  • Business
  • Carbon cycle
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Cellulose
  • Climate change
  • Coal
  • Coastal zone
  • Colleges
  • Commercial aviation
  • Congress
  • Congressional reporting requirements
  • Cooperative societies
  • Coral reefs
  • Corporations
  • Defense policy
  • Diesel motor
  • Earned income tax credit
  • Economic impact statements
  • Economic policy
  • Ecosystem management
  • Electric appliances
  • Electric power distribution
  • Electric power production
  • Electric utilities
  • Electric utility rates
  • Electric vehicles
  • Electronic benefits transfers
  • Emergency management
  • Emissions trading
  • Employee training
  • Endangered species
  • Energy
  • Energy conservation
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy prices
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Environmental law enforcement
  • Environmental protection
  • Environmental research
  • Environmental technology
  • Estuaries
  • Executive departments
  • Executive reorganization
  • Federal aid to Indians
  • Federal aid to education
  • Finance
  • Fire fighters
  • Fire prevention
  • Fishery management
  • Flood control
  • Fluorocarbons
  • Foreign policy
  • Forest conservation
  • Forest fires
  • Forestry
  • Forestry research
  • Forests
  • Fuel cells
  • Fuel consumption
  • Gas companies
  • Geology
  • Geothermal resources
  • Government information
  • Government liability
  • Government paperwork
  • Government publicity
  • Government trust funds
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Habitat conservation
  • Hazardous substances
  • Heating
  • Higher education
  • Import restrictions
  • Income tax
  • Industrial buildings
  • Information disclosure (Securities law)
  • Infrastructure
  • International affairs
  • International environmental cooperation
  • Investments
  • Job training
  • Labor
  • Labor statistics
  • Landfills
  • Law
  • Manufacturing industries
  • Marine ecology
  • Marine mammals
  • Marine pollution
  • Marine resources
  • Mercury
  • Methane
  • Minorities
  • Montana
  • Motor vehicle pollution control
  • National security
  • Natural gas
  • Natural resources
  • Negotiations
  • Nitrogen oxides
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Ocean energy resources
  • Petroleum industry
  • Petroleum refineries
  • Pipelines
  • Potable water
  • Presidential powers
  • Presidents
  • Public lands
  • Recycling of waste products
  • Research centers
  • Rural affairs
  • Science policy
  • Scientific education
  • Social security
  • Social security taxes
  • Social services
  • Solar energy
  • Solid wastes
  • Standards
  • State and local government
  • State laws
  • Sulphur dioxide
  • Taxation
  • Technological innovations
  • Technology
  • Telecommunication
  • Trade
  • Transportation
  • Treaties
  • U.S. Agency for International Development
  • Water pollution
  • Water pollution control
  • Water quality
  • Water resources
  • Welfare
  • Wind power
  • Wyoming
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced10/18/2007
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced10/18/2007
10/18/2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13080-13081)
10/18/2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
10/24/2007Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection. Hearings held.
11/01/2007Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
11/08/2007Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
11/13/2007Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
11/15/2007Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
Put on a legislative calendar12/05/2007Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
5/20/2008Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-337. Minority views filed.
Put on a legislative calendar5/20/2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 740.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus
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Contributions

  1. January - February 2003 For $16,681 Against $57,046
  2. March - April 2003 For $46,550 Against $189,885
  3. May - June 2003 For $33,450 Against $312,072
  4. July - August 2003 For $19,635 Against $68,666
  5. September - October 2003 For $57,058 Against $179,453
  6. November - December 2003 For $47,529 Against $117,250
  7. January - February 2004 For $33,673 Against $71,636
  8. March - April 2004 For $92,323 Against $240,567
  9. May - June 2004 For $115,856 Against $220,749
  10. July - August 2004 For $70,919 Against $125,111
  11. September - October 2004 For $143,806 Against $301,041
  12. November - December 2004 For $15,760 Against $62,900
  13. January - February 2005 For $28,850 Against $55,770
  14. March - April 2005 For $51,573 Against $213,734
  15. May - June 2005 For $50,045 Against $187,100
  16. July - August 2005 For $31,000 Against $104,852
  17. September - October 2005 For $47,252 Against $214,220
  18. November - December 2005 For $84,850 Against $156,295
  19. January - February 2006 For $41,487 Against $77,870
  20. March - April 2006 For $90,124 Against $200,648
  21. May - June 2006 For $142,085 Against $190,463
  22. July - August 2006 For $103,510 Against $116,150
  23. September - October 2006 For $276,832 Against $277,689
  24. November - December 2006 For $41,732 Against $107,759
  25. January - February 2007 For $29,050 Against $126,509
  26. March - April 2007 For $21,350 Against $379,630
  27. May - June 2007 For $44,950 Against $260,934
  28. July - August 2007 For $17,350 Against $94,450
  29. September - October 2007 For $42,205 Against $171,375
  30. November - December 2007 For $31,975 Against $151,036
  31. January - February 2008 For $6,000 Against $89,020
  32. March - April 2008 For $32,910 Against $198,940
  33. May - June 2008 For $38,009 Against $258,774
  34. July - August 2008 For $14,910 Against $151,250
  35. September - October 2008 For $45,670 Against $331,600
  36. November - December 2008 For $3,950 Against $102,825

Votes

    7 Organizations Supported and 11 Opposed; See Which Ones

    Organizations that took a position on
    Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007

    7 organizations supported this bill

    Alcoa
    (n.d.). Letter of Support. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Environmental Defense Fund
    (n.d.). Statement of Support. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Environmental Resources Trust, Inc.
    (n.d.). Testimony of Wiley Barbour. Retrieved n.d., from .
    League of Conservation Voters
    LCV (n.d.). 2008 Senate vote descriptions. Retrieved February 27, 2012, from LCV.
    Nature Conservancy
    (n.d.). Letter of Support. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Union of Concerned Scientists
    (n.d.). Letter of Support. Retrieved n.d., from .
    World Resources Institute
    (n.d.). Testimony of Dr. Jonathan Pershing. Retrieved n.d., from .

    11 organizations opposed this bill

    Air Transport Association of America
    (n.d.). Press Release. Retrieved n.d., from .
    American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
    (n.d.). Letter of Opposition. Retrieved n.d., from .
    American Council for Capital Formation
    (n.d.). The Impact of America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191) on the US Economy and on Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Americans for Tax Reform
    (n.d.). Letter of Opposition. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Club for Growth
    (n.d.). AP article in oppostion. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Duke Energy
    (n.d.). Duke Energy Press Release, October 24, 2007. Retrieved n.d., from .
    National Association of Manufacturers
    (n.d.). Oppose S 2191. Retrieved n.d., from .
    National Mining Association
    (n.d.). Letter of Opposition. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Nuclear Information and Resource Service
    (n.d.). Press Release. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
    (n.d.). No "Energy Security" Under S. 2191. Retrieved n.d., from .
    U. S. Chamber of Commerce
    (n.d.). Opposition statement on website. Retrieved n.d., from .

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    Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
    Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org

    Contributions by Legislator

    Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported
    $ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    Daniel K. AkakaDHI$10$4,750
    Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$500$31,000
    Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$5,500
    John BarrassoRWY$0$43,300
    Max BaucusDMT$18,950$180,250
    Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$0$108,700
    Bob BennettRUT$0$16,500
    Joe BidenDDE$4,710$6,250
    Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$16,001$146,315
    Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$0$100,800
    Barbara BoxerDCA$195,356$35,500
    Sherrod BrownDOH$60,610$25,250
    Sam BrownbackRKS$0$23,700
    Jim BunningRKY$2,750$81,800
    Richard BurrRNC$7,200$181,959
    Robert ByrdDWV$250$40,750
    Maria CantwellDWA$160,365$36,575
    Ben CardinDMD$35,951$83,000
    Tom CarperDDE$2,300$47,210
    Bob CaseyDPA$67,013$5,800
    Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$122,650
    Hillary ClintonDNY$141,550$117,562
    Tom CoburnROK$0$35,738
    William Thad CochranRMS$2,300$14,500
    Norm ColemanRMN$7,100$167,350
    Susan CollinsRME$17,650$37,100
    Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$58,400
    Bob CorkerRTN$2,500$59,169
    John CornynRTX$0$115,653
    Larry CraigRID$0$25,500
    Mike CrapoRID$0$31,725
    Jim DeMintRSC$3,300$195,268
    Chris DoddDCT$4,100$14,496
    Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$5,100$56,200
    Pete DomeniciRNM$2,000$95,400
    Byron DorganDND$1,250$83,000
    Dick DurbinDIL$22,160$40,175
    John EnsignRNV$0$39,150
    Mike EnziRWY$0$27,000
    Russ FeingoldDWI$39,308$19,450
    Dianne FeinsteinDCA$38,850$82,000
    Lindsey GrahamRSC$2,450$126,514
    Chuck GrassleyRIA$5,250$153,550
    Judd GreggRNH$3,000$38,500
    Chuck HagelRNE$0$5,550
    Tom HarkinDIA$15,046$24,650
    Orrin HatchRUT$0$46,600
    Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$5,733$76,875
    Jim InhofeROK$0$106,600
    Dan InouyeDHI$2,300$2,000
    Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$40,033
    Tim JohnsonDSD$5,800$68,550
    Ted KennedyDMA$11,120$20,000
    John KerryDMA$18,920$16,220
    Amy KlobucharDMN$64,000$21,250
    Herb KohlDWI$0$0
    Jon KylRAZ$0$129,964
    Mary LandrieuDLA$1,416$149,904
    Frank LautenbergDNJ$18,403$42,200
    Patrick LeahyDVT$12,700$6,000
    Carl LevinDMI$23,095$77,954
    Joe LiebermanICT$37,200$227,450
    Blanche LincolnDAR$800$100,782
    Chester Trent LottRMS$0$47,000
    Dick LugarRIN$6,950$61,411
    Mel MartinezRFL$11,250$70,697
    John McCainRAZ$7,750$4,600
    Claire McCaskillDMO$48,110$3,600
    Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$5,600$154,900
    Bob MenéndezDNJ$33,660$77,550
    Barbara MikulskiDMD$7,150$64,600
    Lisa MurkowskiRAK$250$131,655
    Patty MurrayDWA$75,299$47,950
    Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$1,500$125,050
    Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$70,605$35,300
    Barack ObamaDIL$108,442$14,000
    Mark PryorDAR$0$60,025
    John "Jack" ReedDRI$4,560$14,250
    Harry ReidDNV$37,748$29,250
    Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$24,800
    John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$44,700$77,800
    Ken SalazarDCO$127,863$97,122
    Bernie SandersIVT$40,570$0
    Chuck SchumerDNY$39,498$27,750
    Jeff SessionsRAL$2,000$52,400
    Richard ShelbyRAL$2,300$25,200
    Gordon SmithROR$4,600$101,800
    Olympia SnoweRME$10,400$27,750
    Arlen SpecterDPA$1,000$109,550
    Debbie StabenowDMI$30,310$73,900
    Ted StevensRAK$1,000$32,600
    John SununuRNH$0$34,400
    Jon TesterDMT$110,977$5,500
    John ThuneRSD$2,000$72,977
    David VitterRLA$3,800$84,116
    George VoinovichROH$1,000$222,850
    John WarnerRVA$0$6,000
    Jim WebbDVA$40,740$17,250
    Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$37,410$2,250
    Ron WydenDOR$5,500$3,875

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    NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported
    $ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    Daniel K. AkakaDHI$10$4,750
    Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$500$31,000
    Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$5,500
    John BarrassoRWY$0$43,300
    Max BaucusDMT$18,950$180,250
    Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$0$108,700
    Bob BennettRUT$0$16,500
    Joe BidenDDE$4,710$6,250
    Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$16,001$146,315
    Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$0$100,800
    Barbara BoxerDCA$195,356$35,500
    Sherrod BrownDOH$60,610$25,250
    Sam BrownbackRKS$0$23,700
    Jim BunningRKY$2,750$81,800
    Richard BurrRNC$7,200$181,959
    Robert ByrdDWV$250$40,750
    Maria CantwellDWA$160,365$36,575
    Ben CardinDMD$35,951$83,000
    Tom CarperDDE$2,300$47,210
    Bob CaseyDPA$67,013$5,800
    Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$122,650
    Hillary ClintonDNY$141,550$117,562
    Tom CoburnROK$0$35,738
    William Thad CochranRMS$2,300$14,500
    Norm ColemanRMN$7,100$167,350
    Susan CollinsRME$17,650$37,100
    Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$58,400
    Bob CorkerRTN$2,500$59,169
    John CornynRTX$0$115,653
    Larry CraigRID$0$25,500
    Mike CrapoRID$0$31,725
    Jim DeMintRSC$3,300$195,268
    Chris DoddDCT$4,100$14,496
    Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$5,100$56,200
    Pete DomeniciRNM$2,000$95,400
    Byron DorganDND$1,250$83,000
    Dick DurbinDIL$22,160$40,175
    John EnsignRNV$0$39,150
    Mike EnziRWY$0$27,000
    Russ FeingoldDWI$39,308$19,450
    Dianne FeinsteinDCA$38,850$82,000
    Lindsey GrahamRSC$2,450$126,514
    Chuck GrassleyRIA$5,250$153,550
    Judd GreggRNH$3,000$38,500
    Chuck HagelRNE$0$5,550
    Tom HarkinDIA$15,046$24,650
    Orrin HatchRUT$0$46,600
    Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$5,733$76,875
    Jim InhofeROK$0$106,600
    Dan InouyeDHI$2,300$2,000
    Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$40,033
    Tim JohnsonDSD$5,800$68,550
    Ted KennedyDMA$11,120$20,000
    John KerryDMA$18,920$16,220
    Amy KlobucharDMN$64,000$21,250
    Herb KohlDWI$0$0
    Jon KylRAZ$0$129,964
    Mary LandrieuDLA$1,416$149,904
    Frank LautenbergDNJ$18,403$42,200
    Patrick LeahyDVT$12,700$6,000
    Carl LevinDMI$23,095$77,954
    Joe LiebermanICT$37,200$227,450
    Blanche LincolnDAR$800$100,782
    Chester Trent LottRMS$0$47,000
    Dick LugarRIN$6,950$61,411
    Mel MartinezRFL$11,250$70,697
    John McCainRAZ$7,750$4,600
    Claire McCaskillDMO$48,110$3,600
    Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$5,600$154,900
    Bob MenéndezDNJ$33,660$77,550
    Barbara MikulskiDMD$7,150$64,600
    Lisa MurkowskiRAK$250$131,655
    Patty MurrayDWA$75,299$47,950
    Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$1,500$125,050
    Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$70,605$35,300
    Barack ObamaDIL$108,442$14,000
    Mark PryorDAR$0$60,025
    John "Jack" ReedDRI$4,560$14,250
    Harry ReidDNV$37,748$29,250
    Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$24,800
    John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$44,700$77,800
    Ken SalazarDCO$127,863$97,122
    Bernie SandersIVT$40,570$0
    Chuck SchumerDNY$39,498$27,750
    Jeff SessionsRAL$2,000$52,400
    Richard ShelbyRAL$2,300$25,200
    Gordon SmithROR$4,600$101,800
    Olympia SnoweRME$10,400$27,750
    Arlen SpecterDPA$1,000$109,550
    Debbie StabenowDMI$30,310$73,900
    Ted StevensRAK$1,000$32,600
    John SununuRNH$0$34,400
    Jon TesterDMT$110,977$5,500
    John ThuneRSD$2,000$72,977
    David VitterRLA$3,800$84,116
    George VoinovichROH$1,000$222,850
    John WarnerRVA$0$6,000
    Jim WebbDVA$40,740$17,250
    Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$37,410$2,250
    Ron WydenDOR$5,500$3,875

    Interest Groups that supported this bill

    $ Donated
    Environmental policy$1,974,709
    Aluminum mining/processing$36,200

    Interest Groups that opposed this bill

    $ Donated
    Gas & Electric Utilities$4,226,445
    Mining$518,200
    Small business associations$418,368
    Manufacturing$313,104
    Chambers of commerce$285,984
    Air transport$253,106
    Pro-business associations$78,869
    Fiscal & tax policy$71,193
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