domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced around the bill that was written by two democratic house members, then congressman henry waxman, and ed markey. in washington and around the country, that bill became known as the cap and trade bill. after a central provision in the legislation to put a cap or a limit on carbon emissions and businesses chain themselves their emissions capacity to each other. it wasn t the most far-reaching proposal that democrats were pushing for at the time, but it wasn t a half measure either. had it passed, the cap in trade bill would have been the single biggest legislative attempt under dressing climate change in u.s. history. and democrats appeared to be on track to get it done
of the great recession by early 2010, they had passed a major part of the president s domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced around the bill that was written by two democratic house members, then congressman henry waxman, and ed markey. in washington and around the country, that bill became known as the cap and trade bill. after a central provision in the legislation to put a cap or a limit on carbon emissions and businesses trade or sell their emissions excesses to each other. it wasn t the most far-reaching proposal that democrats were pushing for at the time, but it wasn t a half measure either. had it passed, the cap in trade bill would have been the single biggest legislative attempt under dressing c
that may sound familiar. there is a twist at the end, so hold on to this. it s about a woman, pamela moses, we sentence earlier this year to six years in prison to trying to resite or visitor not for voting, but for trying to vote, to try to register to vote. moses was on probation, so she was ineligible to vote. she thought she was ineligible because the department of corrections gave her permission. noted suffolk county election commission. despite, that the judge hearing her case claims she tricked the probation department into the top prosecutor for tennessee, amy weiner, exit to make an example of moses, announcing her sentencing in his press release. when pamela moses got her conviction thrown out, after a
permission. noted suffolk county election commission. despite, that the judge hearing her case claims she tricked the probation department into the top prosecutor for tennessee, amy weiner, exit to make an example of moses, announcing her sentencing in his press release. when pamela moses got her conviction thrown out, after a guardian report uncovered information proving that the department of correction had made a mistake, that district attorney amy weirich sent out another press release without another apology. in fact, she called the 82 days moses had already spent in jail, because because of the states mistakes sufficient. pamela moses s case is the latest involved in amy weirich and that shelby county office that has drawn accusations of prosecutorial misconduct. and here s the twist i promised you. yesterday the people of shelby county she decided they had enough.