The only one out of seven Republican Senators on the committee who showed up for the meeting was Sen. George V. Voinovich (Ohio) who briefly expressed the Republican opposition to the committee’s proceedings. In their view, the Environmental Protection Agency has not done enough economic analysis of the Kerry-Boxer bill. Democrats, however, accuse their opponents of pure gamesmanship pointing out that the Kerry-Boxer bill is modeled after the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which passed the House side of Congress earlier this year and underwent intense economic scrutiny, including from the EPA.
Sa kanilang pagtingin, ang Environmental Protection Agency ay hindi tapos na sapat na pagtatasa ng Kerry-Boxer bill pang-ekonomiya. Demokratiko, gayunpaman, akusahan ang kanilang mga kalaban ng purong gamesmanship pagturo out na ang Kerry-Boxer bayarin ay itinulad sa American Clean Enerhiya at Security Act of 2009, na nakapasa sa House side ng Kongreso mas maaga sa taong ito at dumaan sa matinding pang-ekonomiyang pagsusuri, kabilang ang mula sa EPA .