The American Clean Energy and Security Act passed the House with 219 votes in favor (211 Ds, 8 Rs). Braley, Loebsack and Boswell voted yes, Latham and King voted no.

Roll call here:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll477.xml

Of the 44 Ds who voted no, I read that only 3 voted no because the bill was too weak (which it is): Kucinich, DeFazio, Stark. The other 41 Ds voted no because the bill was supposedly too strong, which is a sick joke.

Some pros and cons here:

http://www.bleedingheartland.com/diary/2846/this-post-should-have-been-an-action-alert

The Senate will almost certainly make this bill worse, because it needs 60 votes to pass (budget reconciliation is not an option).

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