the Senate considers S.1238 ~~ CONGRESS ~~ the House HR2289


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The Senate stands in adjournment until 2:00pm on Monday, July 15, 2013.

  • Following the prayer and pledge, the Majority Leader will be recognized. It is expected he will renew the motion to proceed to S.1238, the Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013. Following the remarks of the two Leaders, the time until 5:30pm will be equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.
  • The Majority Leader will be recognized at 5:30pm.  A live quorum and subsequent roll call vote on the motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the presence of absent Senators is expected at 5:30pm.
  • Additionally, there will be a joint-special caucus for all Senators at 6:00pm on Monday.
  • During Thursday’s session of the Senate, cloture was filed on the following items in the following order:
  • If no agreement on the nominations can be reached, the first cloture vote would occur early Tuesday morning. If cloture is invoked on any of the nominations, there would be up to 8 hours for debate prior to a vote on confirmation of the nomination, except for the Perez nomination, which would have up to 30 hours of post-cloture debate. If cloture is not invoked on a nomination, the Senate would proceed to vote on cloture on the next nomination.
  • WRAP UP
  • ROLL CALL VOTE1)      Motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the presence of absent Senators; Agreed to: 69-28; Quorum was present

    LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

    Adopted S.Res.195, a resolution to authorize testimony and representation In the Matter of the Proposed Discipline of Laura Block Lower

    No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

  • 5:39pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Reid motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request the presence of absent senators.Motion is agreed to: 69-28; Quorum is present

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Last Floor Action:
10:03:41 A.M. – The Speaker announced
that the House do now adjourn. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on
July 16, 2013.

Sustainable energy


The Climate Reality Project

If a doctor said your loved one required major surgery to survive, but it would be very difficult to complete, would you take “No, it’s too hard” for an answer?

We didn’t think so. So when climate deniers claim, “Shifting over to clean energy would be too hard and shut down the economy,” we here at The Climate Reality Project politely beg to differ.

Maybe you do too.

We put a man on the moon. We eradicated smallpox. We built a computer that can fit in your pocket. These accomplishments — and so many more — were possible because groups of like-minded, passionate individuals (much like you) saw the future they wanted and worked hard to make it happen.

Big Oil and Big Coal spread big lies claiming that changing to clean energy would cause economic turmoil and finding sustainable solutions to the climate crisis “is too hard.”

But that’s just not the case. We’re already seeing that shifting to clean energy is a whole lot easier than they think. In 2012, renewables accounted for slightly over half of new electric generating capacity worldwide. In the U.S, we’re installing a new solar power system every four minutes. Meanwhile, global investment in clean energy topped out at $244 billion worldwide. In 2009, global investment was just $178 billion — so in just three years that’s a 37 percent climb, and nearly ten times the investment made in 2004.

As we reach the end of August, we need your help to keep the pressure on climate deniers by using Reality Drop. We’re less than 1,000 away from our end-of-month goal of sharing the truth 50,000 times on key articles across the net.

We know the transition to clean energy won’t happen overnight. But it will happen and you can bet it will be sooner rather than later.

With your help, we can get there. Thank you for all your hard work,
The Climate Reality Team

P.S. Help us share the truth about climate change 50,000 times on RealityDrop.org and change the climate conversation today. Don’t forget to use the #HeatOnDenial hash tag on Twitter!

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BREAKING: we’re climbing a skyscraper to save the Arctic



Hi

If you’re reading this email it means I’m clinging to the side of London’s Shard – attempting something that’s never been done before: scaling Europe’s tallest skyscraper.

If we make it to the top, we plan to install a giant piece of art in direct view of Shell‘s three London headquarters down around me. We can see them, so I know they can see us.

WATCH LIVE and share this page to show the whole world that we don’t want Arctic drilling.

I’ve been climbing for years, but this is the biggest challenge I’ve ever taken on.

Am I scared? Hell yeah. But I know that fear is only what you make of it. For me this is a personal act of bravery, and I hope that beyond all else it can encourage anyone hesitating over taking action – no matter what scale – to take that step today.

There are only six of us up here, but there are millions of us in every corner of the world who want the Arctic protected.

The most effective action we can do now is to make everyone else care for the Arctic as we do, and to do that we need to make it news. This is not a niche subject. This affects every single person on our shared planet.

Everyone should know that we’ve lost 80% of the Arctic sea ice in the last 30 years, and that should make people want to protect it. Not to drill for more oil, one of the fossil fuels causing the melting in the first place.

Follow our progress on LIVE TV and please share this page with everyone you know on Facebook, Twitter and over email. Let’s make this as big as we can.

Shell doesn’t want us talking about their dangerous Arctic oil drilling plans. Together we can shout about them from the rooftops 😉

Wish us luck,

Victo (and Sandra, Sabine, Liesbeth, Wiola and Ali)

Immigration Reform


The White House, Washington

Hi, all —

Here’s one of the best things about immigration reform: It’s going to make our economy a lot stronger.

Sometimes important facts like this get lost in the hubbub of the debate. So, to make sure folks understand just why immigration reform will make our economy stronger, we put together this really wonderful video showing exactly how it works — how fixing our broken system will create jobs, boost wages, and foster innovation. I know, a video explaining public policy doesn’t exactly scream cool (well…it kind of does to me) but this one is different. It’s something you’ve never seen from us before, and it’s definitely worth your time.

So check it out, then share it to help spread the message.

Check out this video on comprehensive immigration reform.

Not enough people are talking about the economic benefits of immigration reform, but it’s exactly the conversation that will help us win the national debate on this issue.

We need people to know that the legislation the Senate just passed represents the best chance that we’ve had in years to strengthen our economy by securing our borders and creating a way for 11 million people to come out of the shadows and earn citizenship.

But it’s going to take all of us working together to make sure that everyone gets the facts.

So will you take a minute to watch this video, then pass it along?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/immigration-and-economy

Thanks!

Cecilia

Cecilia Muñoz Director, Domestic Policy Council The White House