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On a geographic basis, HR2454 was most strongly carried in the upper Northeast, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Northwest. Opposition to the bill was more evenly distributed through the rest of the country.
Dynamic map can be viewed at this link: http://maker.geocommons.com/maps/6433.
The House vote was obviously very close. Will the Senate now go along, or pass an altered version that will require considerable conferencing that may delay action this year? I think cap and trade will have greater head winds in the Senate.
Commentary seems to indicate that the House vote was closer than the Administration expected. While this would have been a huge defeat if it hadn’t gone through “everyone” believes that the Senate will be tougher going. To begin with, it is expected that more committees will weigh in versus giving a pass as they did in the House. Certain environmental groups are none to pleased with ACES and are concerned with how much more the Senate version will water down the legislation. Even strong democratic and environmental proponents such as Kucinich could not quite come to terms with the bill as they didn’t expect it would accomplish anything http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/10478 . Healthcare also creates another dimension that will be distracting to say the least.
Certainly more to come… Administration would like to certainly have something in place by the December Copenhagen climate talks.
Me and my friend argued about an issue similar to this! Now I know that I was right. lol! Thanks for the information you post.