Many of you are too young to remember this but Pelosi also passed the Cap & Trade bill with GOP votes. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
This is back when I covered the House for Roll Call.
What happened next? Cap & trade never saw the light of day in the Senate. Talks between Lindsey Graham and John Kerry collapsed. And then, a young Joe Manchin cut an *EPIC* campaign ad…
This is the epic TV ad where Joe Manchin promises to cut spending and literally shoots the cap and trade bill with a gun.
Waxman had been installed by the caucus as chairman of the committee over John Dingell, who generally wanted to pursue more bipartisanship and was also closer to the automakers.
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