Thread: Dems raise concerns about Boxer(will she sink Cap and trade?

Notice her comment about raising money and 'her people.' Maybe she alone will sink this bill...


Dems raise concerns about Boxer
By: Lisa Lerer and Manu Raju
July 23, 2009 04:13 AM EST



A big chunk of the House climate change bill is in the hands of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer — and some of its supporters are worried that she’s not up to the task.

[b]In private conversations, Senate staffers say that Boxer’s abrasive personal style helped tank the climate bill that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) sponsored last year. And several recent embarrassing episodes involving the California Democrat have them worried about a repeat performance.

During a committee hearing in June, Boxer upbraided a brigadier general for calling her “Ma’amâ€

She is the Senator, she doesn't have to feel - sorry for anything she did or does.

Fire all Congress and hire fat people two term-ers. We would get health issue handled, they would get great benefits, we have thinking people I would bet with reading abilities, they would be so grateful unlike our current - Congress. Winning for "We the People"