Waxman Working Us Over Again

Waxman, who proudly stuck it to the rest of us with the CPSIA (he refuses to permit the committee revisit this issue and has canceled hearings three times), is now working on a climate bill. You can only imagine what he's doing with it- and note the similarities between this and the CPSIA:

Add in a provision in Waxman's bill that would give lawyers an opportunity to draft all sorts of new lawsuits.

Self-proclaimed victims of global warming or those who "expect to suffer" from it - from beachfront property owners to asthmatics - for the first time would be able to sue the federal government or private businesses over greenhouse gas emissions under a little-noticed provision slipped into the House climate bill.

Environmentalists say the measure was narrowly crafted to give citizens the unusual standing to sue the U.S. government as a way to force action on curbing emissions. But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sees a new cottage industry for lawyers.

"You could be spawning lawsuits at almost any place [climate-change modeling] computers place at harm's risk," said Bill Kovacs, energy lobbyist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

There is a similar provision in the CPSIA. Yeah, who do you think Waxman considers his natural constituents? It's not the likes of you or me.

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