S. 2555 - Reducing Global Warming Pollution from Vehicles Act of 2008

Air pollution. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, 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.

Reducing Global Warming Pollution from Vehicles Act of 2008

S. 2555 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
A bill to permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • Reducing Global Warming Pollution from Vehicles Act of 2008
  • Reducing Global Warming Pollution from Vehicles Act of 2008
Sponsor
Barbara Boxer
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Air pollution
  • California
  • Environmental protection
  • Federal preemption
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Motor vehicle pollution control
  • Standards
  • State and local government
  • State laws
  • Transportation
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Major Actions
Introduced1/24/2008
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced1/24/2008
1/24/2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Put on a legislative calendar5/21/2008Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
6/27/2008Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 110-407. Minority views filed.
Put on a legislative calendar6/27/2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 861.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

supported this bill

$1,977,009
$1,977,009
132% more
$845,174
$1,198,157
$2,540,639
$4,583,970
1 Organization Supported and 3 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
Reducing Global Warming Pollution from Vehicles Act of 2008

1 organization supported this bill

Sierra Club
(n.d.). Reducing Global Warming Pollution From Vehicles Act of 2008. Retrieved n.d., from .

3 organizations opposed this bill

National Automobile Dealers Association
(n.d.). NADA. Retrieved n.d., from .
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
(n.d.). Fuel Fight: Detroit Disses California’s Carbon Crusade. Retrieved n.d., from .
UAW
(n.d.). The United Auto Workers vs. California. 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.org, 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
Akaka, DanielDHI$10$25,000
Alexander, LamarRTN$500$65,150
Allard, WayneRCO$0$0
Barrasso, JohnRWY$0$20,736
Baucus, MaxDMT$18,950$65,200
Bayh, EvanDIN$0$56,950
Bennett, RobertRUT$0$16,000
Biden, JosephDDE$4,710$41,730
Bingaman, JeffDNM$16,001$16,416
Bond, ChristopherRMO$0$70,900
Boxer, BarbaraDCA$195,356$25,800
Brown, SherrodDOH$60,610$70,135
Brownback, SamuelRKS$0$35,500
Bunning, JimRKY$0$28,650
Burr, RichardRNC$2,300$99,791
Byrd, RobertDWV$250$44,000
Cantwell, MariaDWA$160,365$1,000
Cardin, BenjaminDMD$35,951$49,384
Carper, ThomasDDE$2,300$41,870
Casey, RobertDPA$66,513$39,300
Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$0$103,150
Clinton, HillaryDNY$139,250$53,350
Coburn, ThomasROK$0$48,757
Cochran, ThadRMS$2,300$13,500
Coleman, NormRMN$7,100$71,332
Collins, SusanRME$17,650$24,232
Conrad, KentDND$0$43,250
Corker, BobRTN$2,000$122,400
Cornyn, JohnRTX$0$165,691
Craig, LarryRID$0$0
Crapo, MichaelRID$0$14,500
DeMint, JimRSC$2,300$110,350
Dodd, ChristopherDCT$4,100$25,850
Dole, ElizabethRNC$0$71,882
Domenici, PeteRNM$0$21,066
Dorgan, ByronDND$1,250$37,250
Durbin, RichardDIL$21,160$20,500
Ensign, JohnRNV$0$51,900
Enzi, MichaelRWY$0$13,000
Feingold, RussellDWI$39,308$69,703
Feinstein, DianneDCA$38,850$4,200
Graham, LindseyRSC$1,250$31,450
Grassley, CharlesRIA$5,000$44,250
Gregg, JuddRNH$3,000$18,950
Hagel, CharlesRNE$0$0
Harkin, ThomasDIA$15,046$30,573
Hatch, OrrinRUT$0$46,800
Hutchison, KayRTX$5,733$95,993
Inhofe, JamesROK$0$38,250
Inouye, DanielDHI$2,300$24,450
Isakson, JohnRGA$0$68,250
Johnson, TimDSD$5,800$44,750
Kennedy, EdwardDMA$11,120$7,300
Kerry, JohnDMA$18,920$5,950
Klobuchar, AmyDMN$64,000$27,250
Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
Kyl, JonRAZ$0$128,550
Landrieu, MaryDLA$1,416$51,500
Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$18,403$11,800
Leahy, PatrickDVT$12,700$2,500
Levin, CarlDMI$23,095$159,199
Lieberman, JosephICT$37,200$37,700
Lincoln, BlancheDAR$300$54,735
Lott, TrentRMS$0$49,700
Lugar, RichardRIN$6,950$19,275
Martinez, MelRFL$11,250$156,900
McCain, JohnRAZ$7,750$1,000
McCaskill, ClaireDMO$48,110$58,650
McConnell, MitchRKY$4,600$77,850
Menéndez, RobertDNJ$33,660$22,250
Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$7,150$66,000
Murkowski, LisaRAK$250$41,400
Murray, PattyDWA$75,299$39,500
Nelson, BenDNE$1,500$40,350
Nelson, BillDFL$62,405$45,800
Obama, BarackDIL$108,442$39,500
Pryor, MarkDAR$0$58,100
Reed, JohnDRI$4,560$14,250
Reid, HarryDNV$37,748$57,750
Roberts, PatRKS$0$23,650
Rockefeller, JohnDWV$44,700$23,500
Salazar, KenDCO$127,863$27,205
Sanders, BernardIVT$40,570$46,800
Schumer, CharlesDNY$39,498$29,000
Sessions, JeffersonRAL$2,000$34,250
Shelby, RichardRAL$2,300$9,500
Smith, GordonROR$4,600$50,166
Snowe, OlympiaRME$10,400$8,700
Specter, ArlenDPA$1,000$89,650
Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$30,310$147,650
Stevens, TedRAK$1,000$23,000
Sununu, JohnRNH$0$53,152
Tester, JonDMT$110,977$14,200
Thomas, CraigRWY$0$18,250
Thune, JohnRSD$0$97,832
Vitter, DavidRLA$3,800$56,857
Voinovich, GeorgeROH$0$93,558
Warner, JohnRVA$0$1,000
Webb, JimDVA$40,740$23,100
Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$37,410$14,000
Wicker, RogerRMS$2,300$27,900
Wyden, RonDOR$3,500$53,200

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Akaka, DanielDHI$10$25,000
Alexander, LamarRTN$500$65,150
Allard, WayneRCO$0$0
Barrasso, JohnRWY$0$20,736
Baucus, MaxDMT$18,950$65,200
Bayh, EvanDIN$0$56,950
Bennett, RobertRUT$0$16,000
Biden, JosephDDE$4,710$41,730
Bingaman, JeffDNM$16,001$16,416
Bond, ChristopherRMO$0$70,900
Boxer, BarbaraDCA$195,356$25,800
Brown, SherrodDOH$60,610$70,135
Brownback, SamuelRKS$0$35,500
Bunning, JimRKY$0$28,650
Burr, RichardRNC$2,300$99,791
Byrd, RobertDWV$250$44,000
Cantwell, MariaDWA$160,365$1,000
Cardin, BenjaminDMD$35,951$49,384
Carper, ThomasDDE$2,300$41,870
Casey, RobertDPA$66,513$39,300
Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$0$103,150
Clinton, HillaryDNY$139,250$53,350
Coburn, ThomasROK$0$48,757
Cochran, ThadRMS$2,300$13,500
Coleman, NormRMN$7,100$71,332
Collins, SusanRME$17,650$24,232
Conrad, KentDND$0$43,250
Corker, BobRTN$2,000$122,400
Cornyn, JohnRTX$0$165,691
Craig, LarryRID$0$0
Crapo, MichaelRID$0$14,500
DeMint, JimRSC$2,300$110,350
Dodd, ChristopherDCT$4,100$25,850
Dole, ElizabethRNC$0$71,882
Domenici, PeteRNM$0$21,066
Dorgan, ByronDND$1,250$37,250
Durbin, RichardDIL$21,160$20,500
Ensign, JohnRNV$0$51,900
Enzi, MichaelRWY$0$13,000
Feingold, RussellDWI$39,308$69,703
Feinstein, DianneDCA$38,850$4,200
Graham, LindseyRSC$1,250$31,450
Grassley, CharlesRIA$5,000$44,250
Gregg, JuddRNH$3,000$18,950
Hagel, CharlesRNE$0$0
Harkin, ThomasDIA$15,046$30,573
Hatch, OrrinRUT$0$46,800
Hutchison, KayRTX$5,733$95,993
Inhofe, JamesROK$0$38,250
Inouye, DanielDHI$2,300$24,450
Isakson, JohnRGA$0$68,250
Johnson, TimDSD$5,800$44,750
Kennedy, EdwardDMA$11,120$7,300
Kerry, JohnDMA$18,920$5,950
Klobuchar, AmyDMN$64,000$27,250
Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
Kyl, JonRAZ$0$128,550
Landrieu, MaryDLA$1,416$51,500
Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$18,403$11,800
Leahy, PatrickDVT$12,700$2,500
Levin, CarlDMI$23,095$159,199
Lieberman, JosephICT$37,200$37,700
Lincoln, BlancheDAR$300$54,735
Lott, TrentRMS$0$49,700
Lugar, RichardRIN$6,950$19,275
Martinez, MelRFL$11,250$156,900
McCain, JohnRAZ$7,750$1,000
McCaskill, ClaireDMO$48,110$58,650
McConnell, MitchRKY$4,600$77,850
Menéndez, RobertDNJ$33,660$22,250
Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$7,150$66,000
Murkowski, LisaRAK$250$41,400
Murray, PattyDWA$75,299$39,500
Nelson, BenDNE$1,500$40,350
Nelson, BillDFL$62,405$45,800
Obama, BarackDIL$108,442$39,500
Pryor, MarkDAR$0$58,100
Reed, JohnDRI$4,560$14,250
Reid, HarryDNV$37,748$57,750
Roberts, PatRKS$0$23,650
Rockefeller, JohnDWV$44,700$23,500
Salazar, KenDCO$127,863$27,205
Sanders, BernardIVT$40,570$46,800
Schumer, CharlesDNY$39,498$29,000
Sessions, JeffersonRAL$2,000$34,250
Shelby, RichardRAL$2,300$9,500
Smith, GordonROR$4,600$50,166
Snowe, OlympiaRME$10,400$8,700
Specter, ArlenDPA$1,000$89,650
Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$30,310$147,650
Stevens, TedRAK$1,000$23,000
Sununu, JohnRNH$0$53,152
Tester, JonDMT$110,977$14,200
Thomas, CraigRWY$0$18,250
Thune, JohnRSD$0$97,832
Vitter, DavidRLA$3,800$56,857
Voinovich, GeorgeROH$0$93,558
Warner, JohnRVA$0$1,000
Webb, JimDVA$40,740$23,100
Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$37,410$14,000
Wicker, RogerRMS$2,300$27,900
Wyden, RonDOR$3,500$53,200

Interest Groups that supported this bill

$ Donated
Environmental policy$1,977,009

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

$ Donated
Auto dealers, new & used$2,540,639
Auto manufacturers$1,198,157
Manufacturing unions$845,174
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