Hypocrisy

December 5, 2007 -- Mitt Romney's blatant hypocrisy on immigration reform is on full display today. One year ago, the Boston Globe revealed that Romney had employed a landscaping company that used undocumented workers on the lawn of his Belmont mansion. In the year since, Romney flip-flopped on immigration reform, adopting a new hard-line approach that stands in stark contrast with his previous rhetoric and record on the issue.    » read more »

October 23, 2007 -- Washington, DC — Senators Dick Durbin, Jack Reed and Robert Menendez held a press conference today to highlight the President’s and Congressional Republicans’ double standard as they oppose Democrats’ appropriations bills that fund critical priorities. As we work to improve Americans’ education, health care, housing and security, the President is blocking these efforts to score political points.    » read more »

Statement by Larry Schweiger, President & CEO, National Wildlife Federation, On Bush Administration’s Announcement of Climate Strategy

Washington, DC (May 31) – “Today, the President called for international meetings on global warming that would not produce results until after the presidential election in 2008, in the final months of a lame duck presidency.

“This is not progress. This is an attempt to muddy the waters for the next President. The Bush administration has opposed efforts in Congress to tackle global warming, and now the President is ready to go global.    » read more »

Even Oil Companies Are Calling for Tougher Standards, Notes NRDC

WASHINGTON (May 31, 2007) – The vague, voluntary global warming goal announced today by President Bush confirms again that the administration continues to lag far behind leading American businesses and a growing list of leaders in both political parties that are pressing for concrete legal limits to cut global warming pollution according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).    » read more »

31 May 2007 -- President Bush will go to next week's Group of Eight Summit in Germany armed with a new proposal to combat global climate change. VOA's Paula Wolfson has details from the White House.

President Bush wants 15 major polluting countries to set a global goal by 2008 for reducing so-called greenhouse gases - emissions that warm the air and contribute to climate change.    » read more »

April 24, 2007 -- Sen. Biden: "If the President vetoes the emergency spending bill, he's the one who will be denying our troops funding and he's the one who will be denying the American people a path out of Iraq."

Sen. Biden: "Mr. President I have a message for you: the only thing that is emboldening the enemy is your failed policy. Instead of escalating the war with no end in sight, we have to start bringing it to a responsible conclusion.    » read more »