Not coincidentally, the Warner-Lieberman bill eventually went down in an embarrassing defeat in the Senate.

并非巧合的是，沃纳.利伯曼议案最终在参议院遭遇了尴尬的挫败。

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In his paper, Pooley examines coverage of last June's Senate debate over the Warner-Lieberman Climate Security Act, the first carbon cap-and-trade bill to get a real hearing in Congress.

在他的文章中，普利检查了去年6月对参议院就沃纳·利伯曼气候安全法案辩论的报道。该法案是第一个在国会进行听证的碳排放限制与额度交易议案。

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Lieberman-Warner, as it's known, calls for cutting carbon from most sources to 2005 levels by 2012 and then 70% below 2005 levels by 2050.

正如大家所知的那样，利伯曼—华纳提案(Lieberman - Warner)要求到2012年将碳排放量控制在2005年的水平，到2050年碳排放量降至2005年的70%。

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But the Lieberman-Warner bill isn't the only "cap-and-trade" proposal floating around on Capitol Hill these days, so why is it making waves?

FORBES: Magazine Article

In 2008 another piece of major legislation was introduced: the Lieberman-Warner bill, which would implement a nationwide cap-and-trade program on carbon emissions.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Messrs Lieberman and Warner have also agreed to set aside a bigger share of the government's revenues from auctioning permits to help the firms and consumers hardest hit by the new regime.

ECONOMIST: Pollution law