Don’t believe the media narrative that a vote on clean energy was political suicide. In Texas, the Democrats who voted for clean energy and action on climate were all re-elected. And the two/three who lost, all voted NO. The story that isn’t being told is one of outside money, the real culprit in understanding electoral changes.
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Losers on Election Day in Texas had one thing in common: Opposition to climate legislation
Posted in Campaign Finance, Global Warming, tagged 2010 elections, ACES, Campaign Finance, chet edwards, ciro rodriguez, independent expenditures, outside money, Solomon Ortiz, stealth PACs, Texas on November 4, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Take Action Today! Texas Representative Chet Edwards is pushing for $25 billion in US taxpayer backed loans for nuclear reactors
Posted in Global Warming, Good Government, Nuclear, tagged chet edwards, comanche peak, economy, energy and water appropriations bill, loan guarantee, Nuclear on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, July 15, the House Energy and Water subcommittee is scheduled to vote on $25 billion in loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors in the FY2011 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. Only last month, the House passed $9 billion in nuclear loan guarantees in the 2010 Supplemental Appropriations bill (it has not yet passed [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Global Warming, tagged annise parker, ashby high rise, bay area houston, brains and eggs, chet edwards, denton county, EPA, eye on williamson, gene locke, Global Warming, governor perry, health care reform, joe lieberman, left of college station, mcblogger, medicare, obama, pete olson, peter brown, south texas chisme, ted kennedy, texas cloverleaf, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, texaskaos on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the week before Labor Day, and the Texas Progressive Alliance is hard at work bringing you the best of the Texas blogosphere. Here are this week’s highlights. The Texas Cloverleaf wonders why only one person showed up to a budget meeting where taxes are being increased in Denton County. No tea bags left? Neil [...]
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