Pelosi Blowin' Wind

"Principles, my friend,
are blowin' in the wind,
My mind is a blowin' in the wind"

TLC
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Pelosi scuttles warming challenge
Dems' plan would have blocked state's greenhouse limits

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, responding to pressure from California officials and environmentalists, has slapped down a new proposal by top House Democrats that would have wiped out California's ability to regulate greenhouse gases from cars and trucks.

Pelosi's staff on Monday indicated that the speaker planned to watch the bill as it moved through committee. But the speaker came under intense pressure from environmentalists and state officials to send a stronger signal that she opposed the idea.

Full SF Chronicle article, June 6, 2007