 The McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act of 2003 was defeated in October 2004 by a margin of 43–55.This bill however would have required power stations to reduce their emissions to the same levels that they were in 2000, three years previous by the year 2010.An act that though stated to be "a very minimal proposal" by Senator McCain to the Senate, "that while woefully inadequate should be the first step."