A bill to provide for a program to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by establishing a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, to support the deployment of new climate change-related technologies, and to ensure benefits to consumers from the trading in such allowances, and for other purposes.

Overview Sponsor: Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]show cosponsors (11) Cosponsors: Thomas Carper [D-DE] Hillary Clinton [D-NY] Norm Coleman [R-MN] Susan Collins [R-ME] Richard Durbin [D-IL] Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] Blanche Lincoln [D-AR] John McCain [R-AZ] Bill Nelson [D-FL] Barack Obama [D-IL] Olympia Snowe [R-ME] Text: Summary | Full Text Status: Introduced Jan 12, 2007 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee (did not occur) Senate Vote (did not occur) House Vote (did not occur) Signed by President (did not occur) This bill never became law. This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books. Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate under a new number in the next session. Last Action: Jul 24, 2007: Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection. Hearings held. Other Titles: -- Global Warming bill Related: See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms that have been applied to this bill. Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned.

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|title=S. 280
|accessdate=Feb 10, 2010
|author=110th Congress (2007)
|date=Jan 12, 2007
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|quote=Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007
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