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below broad national and local media coverage of new ad campaign (CLICK HERE TO VIEW ‘FLOW’<http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/press/releases/tvad_slams_sens._scott_brown_richard_burr_chuck_grassley_for_backing_the_bi/>) from Americans United for Change, making GOP Senators Chuck Grassley, Scott Brown and Richard Burr’s continued support for Big Oil polluters over a clean energy future, more politically toxic than ever … [cid:[email protected]] Progressive Groups Launch Double Barrel Ad Campaign Over Murkowski Vote http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/14/progressive-launch-double_n_610904.html [cid:[email protected]] Sam Stein<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/reporting/sam-stein> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | HuffPost Reporting Become a Fan<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/becomeFan.php?of=hp_blogger_Sam%20Stein> Get Email Alerts from this Reporter<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/login/> First Posted: 06-14-10 09:27 AM | Updated: 06-14-10 09:28 AM A double barrel ad campaign was launched Monday morning with two progressive groups respectively thanking Democratic Senators for voting against a provision that would have ended the EPA's ability to regulate carbon emissions and punishing Republicans who backed the proposal. Americans United For Change played the role of bad cop, going up on air with a $400,000-plus-ad purchase attacking Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Richard Burr (R--N.C.) for supporting the resolution introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Coming days after the resolution was defeated by a closer-than-expected vote, the ads -- which are already running in Boston against Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass) -- tie the oil spill in the Gulf (with a now-customary shot of a blackened pelican) and foreign threats from abroad (with an always classic shot of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) to energy politics in D.C. WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3bSna5tubA Running in conjunction with the AUC ads will be a good-cop campaign from the group Clean Energy Works, which is airing spots that applaud a number of Democrats for voting against the Murkowski provision. Those receiving the thank-yous include Sens. Michael Bennet (Co.), Maria Cantwell (Wash.), Carl Levin (Mich.), Claire McCaskill (Mo.), Patty Murray (Wash.), Harry Reid (Nev.), Debbie Stabenow (Mich.), Mark Warner (Va.), and Jim Webb (Va.), with a group official adding that more are in the works. WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9_qaoS8bAk Combined, the two spots (and the not-so-insignificant money behind them) reflect a ramped up effort to alter the climate change debate. Murkowski's resolution was an indicator as to what direction the GOP is trying to take the energy conversation. And in that regard, the thank you spots revealed just how serious and anxious the progressive community currently is -- does a vote allowing for the EPA to continue regulating carbon emissions until broader reform is passed really require political protection back home? Noticeable, in addition, is the unwillingness of these groups to target those six Democrats who actually voted in favor of the resolution: Sens. Mark Pryor (Ark), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Ben Nelson (Neb.), Jay Rockefeller (WV), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.) and Mary Landrieu (La.). During the health care debate, progressive groups grew fed up with many on this list and aired spots in their states. The White House hated those ads. And it will be telling if progressive groups -- which still coordinate with the administration -- took a lesson and choose not to go negative within the Democratic tent. [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/> Brown continues to be criticized on climate resolution<http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2010/06/brown_continues.html> http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2010/06/brown_continues.html Link<http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2010/06/brown_continues.html>|Comments (0)<http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2010/06/brown_continues.html?comments=all#readerComm> Posted by Stephanie Vallejo June 11, 2010 01:31 PM By Matt Viser, Globe Staff WASHINGTON – A liberal non-profit is continuing to hammer away at Senator Scott Brown for supporting an effort to limit federal regulation of greenhouse gases. Americans United for Change is launching a new TV ad<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHUJPwZ8QWs>, which will air this weekend in the Boston market, including during Game 5 of the NBA Finals when many in Massachusetts will be tuning in for the Celtics-Lakers game. The $50,000 spot, called “Flow,” will also air on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ESPN, and USA. “Even with disaster on our coast and Iran using oil money against us, Scott Brown voted to let big oil off the hook,” a deep-voiced narrator says, as images of handshakes, oil rigs, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flash across the screen. “Senator Brown: Next time, look out for America’s clean energy future, not big oil profits.” Brown yesterday joined the push to limit powers given to the Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act, saying it brings unwarranted regulations that would hurt businesses. The resolution, which was adamantly opposed by environmental groups, the Obama administration, and Senator John Kerry, ultimately failed by a vote of 47-to-53. “It’s jobs for me,” Brown said after he voted yesterday. “Right now we’re in the middle of a two-year recession, we’re giving a government agency the ability to be able to create legislation that I think oversteps their bounds. And right now, more importantly, we can’t afford it.” Brown also said that something should be done and, while declining to say exactly what, he suggested that Congress should attempt a smaller package. “I think everybody here wants to get off our dependence on foreign oil,” he said. “And however we can…start and chip away at these things instead of just, it’s all or nothing, all or nothing, all or nothing. Let’s get our foot in the door and get something.” He declined to say how he felt about the broad climate change bill that Kerry has been pushing, saying, “We’re still analyzing all the energy bills.” Matt Viser can be reached at [email protected]. 06/14/2010: WCVB-BOS (ABC) NewsCenter 5 Eyeopener http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z16-PU7-XsE [cid:[email protected]]<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z16-PU7-XsE> [cid:[email protected]] http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20100612liberal_groups_ads_hit_scott_brown/ Liberal group’s ads hit Scott Brown By Jay Fitzgerald | Saturday, June 12, 2010 | http://www.bostonherald.com<http://www.bostonherald.com/> | U.S. Politics<http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/> [http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20100611/bc1f85_Brown_06122010.jpg] Photo by Kelvin Ma (file) A liberal interest group isn’t going to let Scott Brown enjoy tomorrow night’s Celtics<http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/index.bg> [team stats<http://scores.heraldinteractive.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=bostonherald&page=nba/teams/092/team.aspx?id=092>]-Lakers showdown. For the third time in less than three months, Americans United for Change, a group is largely backed by major unions, is launching a TV blitz criticizing the Republican senator - this time for voting for a measure earlier in the week that would have restricted a federal agency’s attempt to regulate greenhouse gases. Even though the measure was defeated by Senate Democrats, a spokesman for the group, which ran ads against Brown before the vote, said, “This is about making it as uncomfortable for Senator Brown as possible back home to continue standing with big oil.” The $40,000 ad buy will appear on WCVB-TV (Ch. 5) during the broadcast of the NBA Finals’ Game 5. The 30-second spot, which accuses Brown of receiving $45,000 in campaign donations from the oil industry, will also run in Boston on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ESPN and USA cable channels. Brown voted against allowing the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases on its own. “The (new) ad is simply untrue,” said Brown spokesman Colin Reed. “The fact is, Senator Brown voted to keep an unelected government bureaucracy from piling layers of regulation and added costs onto Massachusetts businesses at a time when they can least afford it,” he said. “We are in the middle of a two-year recession and should not be giving an unaccountable government agency the power to impose restrictive and damaging carbon dioxide regulations that will drive up energy prices and hurt job-creating small businesses.” Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1260994 [cid:[email protected]] http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/second_ad_attacks_burr_on_oil_0 Second ad attacks Burr on oil Submitted by bniolet on 2010-06-14 12:14 Tags: Under the Dome<http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome> | Americans United for Change<http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/Americans_United_for_Change> | offshore drilling<http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/offshore_drilling> | Richard Burr<http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/Richard_Burr> | Senate '10<http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/Senate_10> [cid:[email protected]] Republican Sen. Richard Burr will be the target of a second independent campaign TV ad campaign attacking his stance on oil. Americans United for Change, a liberal Washington-based group, plans to begin a week-long $234,000 TV advertising beginning Tuesday in the Raleigh and Charlotte markets that portrays Burr as being too cozy with big oil, Rob Christensen reports. “Every day, oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico,” says the narrator. “And oil money pours through the halls of Congress. And $426,000 of it flows right into the pocket of our Senator." The ad criticizes Burr for voting to block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing greenhouse gas emission rules under the Clean Air Act. The ad is similar to one they ran last week in the Wilmington and Greenville markets. The Burr campaign called it “another interesting distraction at odds with who is in charge in Washington. They are trying to have it both ways, they want the President and other Senate leaders to be the beneficiaries of oil industry contributions while trying to blame someone else. We are facing a disaster like one never before seen, and we need to be focused on solutions not playing politics,” said Samantha Smith, Burr's spokeswoman. [cid:[email protected]] http://campaigntrail.qctimes.com/?p=2402 Grassley targeted with new ad centering on Gulf crisis<http://campaigntrail.qctimes.com/?p=2402> ‎ Quad City Times Written by Ed Tibbetts June 14th, 2010 at 10:43 am Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is the target of a new television ad that seeks to tie the senator to the BP oil spill. American United For Change, a liberal group, is running the ad on cable and broadcast stations in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. The ad hits Grassley for his vote for a resolution last week that would stop the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Critics said it would ease regulation on polluters. The measure was defeated. [cid:[email protected]] http://iowaindependent.com/36652/group-launches-tv-attack-on-grassleys-oil-record Group launches TV attack on Grassley’s oil record<http://iowaindependent.com/36652/group-launches-tv-attack-on-grassleys-oil-record> By Adam B Sullivan<http://iowaindependent.com/author/asullivan/> 6/14/10 2:02 PM Americans United for Change is launching a $118,000 television campaign, attacking U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley<http://iowaindependent.com/tag/chuck-grassley/> for supporting what the group calls a “big oil bailout.” The group says oil companies have contributed $213,000 to the Republican’s campaign. The ad aims to tie the on-going oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico to a recently-defeated proposal in the Senate<http://washingtonindependent.com/59996/mukowski-seeks-to-thwart-epa-regulation-of-greenhouse-gases> which would disallow the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Proponents of the bill — including Grassley — said EPA regulation would hinder job creation. Environmental advocates criticized the move, saying the EPA is best-fit to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. However, it isn’t immediately clear what effect the resolution — sponsored by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska — would have had on oil companies or the Gulf oil spill crisis, despite the connection drawn in Americans United for Change’s commercial. “Grassley also has a lot of explaining to do to the people of Iowa on why he would support something that would actually worsen our nation’s dependence on Mid-East oil by millions of barrels a day and put more money into the hands of our enemies,” Tom McMahon, Executive Director of Americans United for Change, said in a press release. [cid:[email protected]] US Sen. Richard Burr comes under fire for ties to Big Oil<http://watchdogs.blogs.starnewsonline.com/12154/u-s-sen-richard-burr-comes-under-fire-for-ties-to-big-oil/> ‎ http://watchdogs.blogs.starnewsonline.com/12154/u-s-sen-richard-burr-comes-under-fire-for-ties-to-big-oil/ StarNewsOnline.com (blog June 14th, 2010 11:27am by Gareth McGrath<http://watchdogs.blogs.starnewsonline.com/author/mcgrath/> A Washington advocacy group is taking aim at U.S. Sen. Richard Burr<http://burr.senate.gov/public/>, R-N.C., for his perceived support of Big Oil. Americans United for Change<http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/> has launched a new attack ad – attached to the bottom of this post - going after the one-term senator for voting in favor of a resolution that would have blocked the federal Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing greenhouse gas emission rules under the Clean Air Act. Republicans had been largely united against the idea of increasing federal enforcement of tailpipe and smokestack emissions, citing among other things concern about the administration usurping Congressional authority. But there also were worries about how much the measure would cost industry – and potentially down the road consumers. Environmentalists have argued that any costs would be minor compared to the long-term cost of doing nothing. The measure was narrowly defeated last week, 53-47. Burr, the advocacy group notes, has taken $426,000 in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry – although he is far from alone in the Senate in receiving large campaign contributions from the industry. The $234,000 ad campaign starts airing on Tuesday in the Raleigh and Charlotte markets. Burr this fall will face the winner of the June 22 Democratic run-off between Elaine Marshall<http://www.elainemarshall.com/> and Cal Cunningham<http://www.calfornc.com/>. [cid:[email protected]] http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/06/14/14greenwire-liberal-group-targets-gop-backers-of-murkowski-84114.html Liberal Group Targets GOP Backers of Murkowski's Bid to Stop EPA By ROBIN BRAVENDER of GREENWIRE Published: June 14, 2010 A liberal advocacy group is running an advertising campaign attacking three Republican senators for endorsing a failed effort to hamstring federal climate regulations. Americans United for Change is sponsoring TV ads targeting Sens. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) for their votes in favor of Sen. Lisa Murkowski's (R-Alaska) bid to block U.S. EPA's climate rules. The ads are aimed at pressuring the Republicans to support a comprehensive energy and climate bill from Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), said Americans United for Change executive director Tom McMahon. "With this effort, we hope to make it as politically toxic for Senator Burr, Grassley and Brown as possible back home to continue standing with big oil," McMahon said in a statement. "Hopefully it will make them think twice about ultimately voting against the president's comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation -- the American Power Act." The ads are the latest in a series from the liberal group tying Murkowski's resolution to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They accuse the senators of voting to "let Big Oil off the hook" by limiting EPA regulations and while accepting contributions from the oil industry. All 41 Senate Republicans and six Democrats voted Thursday to support the Murkowski measure, which was quashed in a 47-53 procedural vote. Grassley and Burr are both up for re-election this fall, although both are expected to keep their seats; Brown is expected to face a tough re-election fight in 2012. Grassley and Brown both issued statements last week decrying the Obama administration's efforts to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. "The EPA is simply trying to bully Congress by saying, 'Either you pass a bill that will raise costs for American families and destroy jobs or we'll pass regulations that will be even worse,'" Grassley said in a statement. "The Obama administration has acknowledged this, but is still pushing forward." Brown wrote in a Cape Cod Times op-ed that allowing EPA to regulate greenhouse gases "would give an unelected and unaccountable government agency the power to impose restrictive and damaging carbon dioxide regulations that will drive up energy prices and hurt job-creating small businesses in our country." Brown added that there are "ways to renew our national commitment to cleaner sources of energy without breaking the back of our economy." Americans United for Change will spend $118,000 to run ads against Grassley in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids from June 15 to June 21, and $234,000 to run ads against Burr in Raleigh and Charlotte during that time. The $53,000 ads targeting Brown were launched Friday and aired over the weekend, including a spot during the NBA Finals game last night. The advocacy group was formed in 2005 by Democratic officials and labor interests and has run campaigns for a number of Democratic initiatives, including health care legislation, financial reform and climate legislation. Copyright 2010 E&E Publishing. All Rights Reserved. [cid:[email protected]] http://www.politico.com/morningenergy/0610/morningenergy16.html By: JAKE SHERMAN<http://www.politico.com/reporters/JakeSherman.html> & TIM ALBERTA<http://www.politico.com/reporters/TimAlberta.html> & MIKE ALLEN<http://www.politico.com/reporters/MikeAllen.html> on June 14, 2010 @ 8:15 AM A wave of ads is launching to thank and attack senators for their votes last week on the Murkowski resolution: --The “thank you” ads, paid for by Clean Energy Works, call on the senators to “keep standing up to big oil and fighting for America’s clean energy future.” The initial set of ads will praise senators Bennet (Col.); Cantwell (Wash.); Levin (Mich.); McCaskill (Mo.); Murray (Wash.); Reid (Nev.); Stabenow (Mich.); Warner (Va.); and Webb (Va.). YouTubes http://bit.ly/9cfmBe --Americans United for Change today will announce $405,000 in local TV ads slamming Sens. Grassley, Burr and Scott Brown -- $118,000 to run on a mix of cable and broadcast June 15-21 in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids for Grassley; $234,000 to run June 15-21 in Raleigh and Charlotte for Burr; $53,000 for a Scott Brown spot that ran in Boston over the weekend, including on the local ABC affiliate during the NBA finals. Grassley YouTube http://bit.ly/cwiJIh Burr YouTube http://bit.ly/9RxerS Brown YouTube http://bit.ly/bwRdS0 [cid:[email protected]] Liberal group spends big to hammer GOP senators on vote to cancel EPA rules http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/102911-liberal-group-spends-big-to-hammer-gop-senators-on-vote-to-cancel-epa-rules Liberal group spends big to hammer GOP senators on EPA vote By Michael O'Brien - 06/14/10 A liberal action group is spending big this week against three Republican senators over their vote seeking to cancel Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gases. The group Americans United for Change (AUFC) is spending over $400,000 on television ads in the home states of Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Scott Brown (R-Mass.), hammering them for joining with fellow Republicans to support a resolution of disapproval last week seeking to nix new EPA rules. The ads are "hitting these senators hard on the nose for this vote in an effort to make it as politically toxic as possible for them back home to continue standing with Big Oil," said a spokesman for the group. The three Republicans — Burr and Grassley face reelection battles this year, while Brown will almost surely face a tough challenge in 2012 — joined all other GOP senators and six Democrats in a failed procedural vote seeking to cancel EPA rules<http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00184> reining in emissions contributing to global warming. AUFC will spend $118,000 to run an ad against Grassley<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3bSna5tubA> in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, and $234,000 to run an ad against Burr<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k78WgDQME8> in Raleigh and Charlotte. Those spots will run June 15-21. The group also already spent $53,000 to run its ad against Brown<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHUJPwZ8QWs>, a spot that aired during Sunday night's NBA finals game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. The ads are also part of a sustained campaign by the liberal group to pressure Republicans on their vote over the resolution, tying the GOP senators' vote to the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as to the progress of a potential energy and climate bill through Congress this year. Find an example of the ads, the Brown ad, below: [cid:[email protected]] Republican senators targeted in $400,000 ad campaign<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/14/republican-senators-targeted-in-400000-ad-campaign/> http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/14/republican-senators-targeted-in-400000-ad-campaign/?fbid=cUP0cg6jjFc Posted: June 14th, 2010 01:24 PM ET From CNN's Jeff Simon<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/tag/cnns-jeff-simon/> [cid:[email protected]] A liberal advocacy group will air ads this week targeting Sens. Chuck Grassley and Richard Burr. Washington (CNN) – Three Republican senators are being targeted by a liberal advocacy organization for supporting a resolution sponsored by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski that would have diminished the Environmental Protection Agency's regulatory authority over greenhouse gas emissions. The resolution was narrowly defeated. Americans United for Changes announced Monday that it will spend $400,000 "making examples of" Sens. Scott Brown, R-Massachussetts, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Richard Burr, R-North Carolina "for backing the Murkowski Big Oil Bailout." The 30-second ad<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHUJPwZ8QWs> targeting Brown aired this weekend in Boston and ads targeting Grassley and Burr will air June 15-21, according to Lauren Weiner, the group's deputy communications director. "Even with disaster on our coast and Iran using oil money against us, Richard Burr voted to let big oil off the hook," the narrator in the ad set to air in North Carolina will say. "Sen. Burr, next time, look out for America's clean energy future – not big oil profits." The ads will air in tandem with six ads paid for by Clean Energy Works that thank some of the senators who voted against Murkowski's resolution. Filed under: Chuck Grassley<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/category/chuck-grassley/> • Richard Burr<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/category/richard-burr/> • Scott Brown<http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/category/scott-brown/> [cid:[email protected]] Groups Take Murkowski EPA Showdown to the Airwaves http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/06/groups-take-murkowski-epa-showdown-airwaves → BP<http://motherjones.com/category/primary-tags/bp>, Climate Change<http://motherjones.com/category/primary-tags/climate-change>, Congress<http://motherjones.com/category/primary-tags/congress>, Energy<http://motherjones.com/category/primary-tags/energy>, Environment<http://motherjones.com/category/primary-tags/environment>, The Climate Desk<http://motherjones.com/category/primary-tags/climate-desk> — By Kate Sheppard<http://motherjones.com/authors/kate-sheppard> | Mon Jun. 14, 2010 6:29 AM PDT Environmental and progressive groups are targeting senators for their votes last week on a measure<http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/06/senate-votes-down-murkowski-epa-block> to block the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. The measure<http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/06/how-many-democrats-will-stand-murkowski>, sponsored by Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), failed by a vote of 47-53. Americans United for Change is spending $405,000 on local TV ads targeting Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Richard Burr (R-NC), and Scott Brown (R-Mass.). Both Burr and Grassley are up for reelection this year. Brown isn't up for reelection until 2012, but he comes from the state whose challenge to the EPA prompted the regulation of planet-warming gases in the first place, and he supported carbon reduction<http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/01/green-group-launches-last-ditch-effort-against-brown> as a state senator. The Brown ads, which started over the weekend, highlight the senator's $45,000 in donations from the oil industry and show footage of the Gulf oil spill and oil-coated animals. Here's the ad: Meanwhile, Clean Energy Works is running ads thanking senators who voted against Murkowski's measure. The first round praises Michael Bennet (D-Col.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Carl Levin (D-Mich.); Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Jim Webb (D-Va.). Here's the Murray ad: [cid:[email protected]] http://www.cq.com/document/display.do?dockey=/cqonline/prod/data/docs/html/news/111/news111-000003682403.html@allnews&metapub=CQ-NEWS&searchIndex=0&seqNum=1 CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – ENVIRONMENT June 14, 2010 – 8:22 p.m. Advocates of Broad Climate Legislation Push for Its Addition to Energy Bill By Geof Koss, CQ Staff […] Interest Groups More Involved Liberal groups, along with a broad coalition of business and environmental groups, stepped up efforts Monday to keep climate change on the Senate’s agenda. An industry-environmentalist coalition that includes such industry heavyweights as Shell Oil, General Motors and Duke Energy, as well as the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Defense Fund, is running newspaper ads declaring, “It’s time for Democrats and Republicans to unite behind bipartisan, national energy and climate legislation that increases our security and limits emissions, as it preserves and creates jobs.” The ads are running in Washington publications, as well as in newspapers in the home states of potential swing votes, including Massachusetts, Maine, South Carolina, Ohio and Florida. Meanwhile, the liberal group Americans United for Change announced a $400,000 TV ad campaign attacking Republicans Scott P. Brown of Massachusetts, Richard M. Burr of North Carolina and Charles E. Grassley of Iowa for voting last week in support of the resolution (S J Res 26) by fellow Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska that would have blocked the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. The Senate rejected the resolution, which required 51 votes to pass, 47-53. The aim, the group’s executive director, Tom McMahon, said in a statement, is to make it “politically toxic” for the senators, who were targeted based on campaign contributions they received from oil companies. The campaign notably does not attack Maine Republicans Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins, who both voted for the Murkowski resolution and are considered potential “yes” votes for a comprehensive energy bill. A second liberal group, Clean Energy Works, on Monday released ads thanking Democratic senators who voted against the EPA resolution, including Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jim Webb of Virginia. Source: CQ Today Online News Round-the-clock coverage of news from Capitol Hill. © 2010 Congressional Quarterly Inc. All Rights Reserved. [cid:[email protected]] http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/06/americans-united-hits-senators-for-epa-vote/58108/ Americans United Hits Senators for EPA Vote Jun 14 2010, 11:04 AM ET | [cid:[email protected]] Comment<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/06/americans-united-hits-senators-for-epa-vote/58108/#disqus_thread#disqus_thread> The Senate voted down<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/06/murkowksi-vote-fails/58002/> a measure last week that would strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to regulate greenhouse gases (or to regulate anything on the basis of climate change prevention), but the liberal interest group Americans United for Change is hitting a few senators who voted in favor of Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkoski's bill. Versions of the same ad will air in the home states of Republican Sens. Scott Brown (MA), Richard Burr (NC), and Chuck Grassley (IA). The group says is spending $400,000 on the campaign. [cid:[email protected]] Climate change sparks political ads http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/06/climate-change-political-ads-/1 Jun 15, 2010 10:38 AM Campaign ads are tackling climate change as the 2010 election season intensifies and President Obama pushes a broad Senate climate bill. Americans United for Change<http://americansunitedforchange.org/about/>, a group promoting progressive causes, announced a $400,000 TV ad campaign this week criticizing GOP Sens. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Richard Burr of North Carolina. You can watch one above or by clicking here<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHUJPwZ8QWs>. [cid:[email protected]]<http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/green-house/2010/06/15/lisamurkowskix-large.jpg> Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, joined by other Senate colleagues, talks about her efforts to block the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing climate regulations during a news conference in the Senate Radio-TV Studio on Capitol Hill on June 8. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., is at left. The Republicans voted last week for what the advocacy group calls "Murkowski's Big Oil Bailout." The narrowly defeated proposal<http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/06/senate-rejects-effort-to-strip-epa-of-power-to-regulate-greenhouse-gases/1> by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, would have barred the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing proposed regulations on carbon emissions from large emitters such as coal-fired utilities and oil refineries. Also this week, a series of ads<http://www.youtube.com/user/ceworkscampaign#g/c/F28B557CD74EC931> begin airing that thank Democratic senators facing re-election for voting Thursday against Murkowski's measure. The ads, paid for by Clean Energy Works<http://www.cleanenergyworks.us/who-we-are.html>, a grassroots group in favor of a clean-energy economy, will praise at least nine senators: Colorado's Michael Bennet, Washington's Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, Michigan's Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, Missouri's Claire McCaskill, Nevada's Harry Reid and Virginia's Mark Warner and Jim Webb. By David McNew, Getty Images GOP ads have also taken on climate change. In California, TV ads by GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina<http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/06/carly-fiorina-calls-climate-change-the-weather/1>, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, criticized Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer for calling climate change "one of the very important national security issues." Fiorina, whose candidacy is backed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, says in the ad: "Terrorism kills—and Barbara Boxer is worried about the weather." Readers: Do these ads go too far? [cid:[email protected]] June 14, 2010, 9:07 am Obama Hits the Gulf Beaches Again By JANIE LORBER<http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/author/janie-lorber/> http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/obama-hits-the-gulf-beaches-again/ […] Americans United for Change, a labor advocacy group, is airing $405,000 worth of local television spots criticizing Republican Senators Charles E. Grassley of Iowa<%20http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3bSna5tubA>, Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k78WgDQME8> and Scott Brown of Massachusetts<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHUJPwZ8QWs>; for voting to bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating carbon emissions. ________________________________________ Jeremy J. Funk Communications Director, Americans United for Change Office: 202.470.5878 Cell: 605.366.3654 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.AmericansUnitedforChange.org<http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "big campaign" group. To post to this group, send to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] E-mail [email protected] with questions or concerns This is a list of individuals. It is not affiliated with any group or organization.