Depressing Numbers

Think Progress has some depressing numbers:

Senate conservatives filibuster Iraq debate.

The Senate vote “sidetracked a nonbinding measure expressing disagreement with Bush’s plan to deploy an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq. The vote was 49-47, or 11 short of the 60 needed to go ahead with debate, and left the fate of the measure uncertain.”

UPDATE: The vote was along party lines, except for Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who voted for the filibuster, and Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Norm Coleman (R-MN) who voted against it. Four senators, including John McCain (R-AZ), did not vote.

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57 :Percentage of Americans who say it is likely that the United States will be at war with Iran before another year goes by.

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POLL: Only 13 Percent Of Congressional Republicans Believe In Man-Made Global Warming

National Journal has released a new “Congressional Insiders Poll,” which surveyed 113 members of Congress — 10 Senate Democrats, 48 House Democrats, 10 Senate Republicans, and 45 House Republicans — about their positions on global warming.

The results were startling. Only 13 percent of congressional Republicans say they believe that human activity is causing global warming, compared to 95 percent of congressional Democrats. Moreover, the number of Republicans who believe in human-induced global warming has actually dropped since April 2006, when the number was 23 percent.

Question: Do you think it’s been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the Earth is warming because of man-made problems?

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The last Congressional Insiders Poll on global warming was in April 2006. Subsequently:

– In June 2006, the National Academy of Sciences, an independent organization created by Congress to provide scientific guidance, unequivocally concluded that natural causes cannot explain the unprecedented warmth over the last 400 years. Rather, “human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming,” the report states.

– In February 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “concluded for the first time that global warming is ‘unequivocal’ and that human activity is the main driver, ‘very likely’ causing most of the rise in temperatures since 1950.”

Nevertheless, belief in global warming among Republicans in Congress dropped by 10 points.