House GOP threatens utilities for not toeing climate-change line
“GOP lawmakers and industry lobbyists are talking about legislation aimed at reining in power companies after some utilities were seen as being less than friendly to their efforts to block Obama administration climate change rules.
Several House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans and industry lobbyists are pushing for a “Ratepayer Protection Act,” a measure that would limit utilities’ ability to pass along costs to consumers, according to lobbyists close to the committee.
The discussions come after POLITICO last week reported that several top utility CEOs weren’t thrilled with a draft bill from Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) to preempt the EPA on climate change.
CEOs from American Electric Power, NextEra Energy, Southern Co. and Dominion Resources said to varying degrees that they support allowing the EPA to proceed on a “reasonable” time frame on greenhouse gas rules for power plants, petroleum refiners and other major stationary sources.”
In other words, Republicans in Congress want to use the power of government to punish utilities for being insufficiently opposed to greenhouse gas regulation. Lovely use of limited government there, folks.
Oh, and I just have to ask: What provision of the Constitution empowers Congress to interfere in the decisions of state Public Service Commissions in their regulation of state-chartered utilities?
– Jay Bookman
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WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:08 pm
“Just “google” “Americans favor unions 2 to 1 poll.”
I did and the only link that came up was something from the Daily Kos.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:09 pm
talkingpointsmemo is garbage. Can you libs please post links to real credible news sites?
AmVet
March 10th, 2011
1:09 pm
“Just another racist white guy…”
Because as we ALL know, there are no conservative racists! (They’re all disguised libs, Dems, independents, moderates, greens, and commies!)
Man, talk about endlessly and unwittingly reopening Pandora’s Box…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRi1GC5rhdg
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:11 pm
“Because as we ALL know, there are no conservative racists!”
Funny you should say that when just yesterday you didn’t list one single racist conservative.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:11 pm
“Man, talk about endlessly and unwittingly reopening Pandora’s Box…”
Aerosmith sucks.
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:11 pm
Change the subject, shift the facts or name call…..hmmmm sounds familiar?
Hey AmVet….Is Herman Cain a racist too??
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=20a_1299770302
Wascally Old Wabbit
March 10th, 2011
1:12 pm
WOW probably thinks FOX is a credible news site. hahah
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:12 pm
“Change the subject, shift the facts or name call…..hmmmm sounds familiar? ”
That’s all they ever do.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:13 pm
“WOW probably thinks FOX is a credible news site. hahah”
Libs are scared to death of Fox News.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
March 10th, 2011
1:13 pm
Then again, the taxpayer doesn’t get a say in who is doing the servicing.
Taxpayers do the hiring, managing, and firing. Most anyone who works is a taxpayer.
PJ
March 10th, 2011
1:13 pm
David Duke. There’s one.
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:13 pm
Wow….click that link and watch the video!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:14 pm
“David Duke. There’s one.”
David Duke is a Democrat. He even ran for president as a Democrat in 88.
Try again.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:14 pm
George W
I’ve seen it.
Wascally Old Wabbit
March 10th, 2011
1:14 pm
WOW is a racist conservative! WOW! Who would have ever guessed. I think that David Duke is one too.
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:15 pm
WOW…..I wonder if AmVet thinks Hermain Cain is a racist too?
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:15 pm
George W
Can you explain how two totally different blog topics turn into a discussion about race?
Wascally Old Wabbit
March 10th, 2011
1:15 pm
In fact, David Duke is a Republican.
larry
March 10th, 2011
1:16 pm
The late Jesse Helms
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:16 pm
Wow….because that is all they can throw…..weak and mindless they are!
Yessa Mista Obama….Yessa!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:16 pm
“WOW is a racist conservative! ‘
blah blah blah racist blah blah blah blah blah blah racist blah blah blah
Wascally Old Wabbit
March 10th, 2011
1:16 pm
WOW, George W is a racist! WOW! David Duke is a Republican.
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:16 pm
WOW…..are you female?
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:17 pm
“The late Jesse Helms”
Never wore a white sheet. If you want racist, try looking at the late KKKer himself, Robert Byrd.
AmVet
March 10th, 2011
1:17 pm
FEAR, sing it brother. And servile is a beautiful word to describe ,u supposed representative, Tom Price, who blamed the party leadership for gridlock in Washington. Yet, take a wild guess what he does with his party’s leadership? (The man needs extra thick knee pads.)
I’d be happy if the corporate parasites just started paying us rent for using our airwaves.
(Real conservatives don’t enable corporate welfare…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjSLYgJD_n8
Chuckle…
Wascally Old Wabbit
March 10th, 2011
1:17 pm
David Duke like WOWS the Republicans.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:17 pm
“WOW…..are you female?’
Not according to my third leg I’m not.
retired early
March 10th, 2011
1:18 pm
WOW George W
Yet another link
http://www.jsonline.com › Blogs › News and Opinion Blogs – Cached
Wascally Old Wabbit
March 10th, 2011
1:18 pm
George W is hitting on WOW.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:18 pm
“I’d be happy if the corporate parasites just started paying us rent for using our airwaves.”
Are you a government employee, AmVet?
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:18 pm
WOW…..oh gotcha hahaha!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:19 pm
“Yet another link’
Didn’t see anything about union/American polls, retired.
Try again…..and again and again……
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:19 pm
“George W is hitting on WOW.’
Yeah, that was kind of weird.
PJ
March 10th, 2011
1:20 pm
He started out as a dem (just like Thurmond and others until the party changed and became those ______ lovers.) But read below for your edification and education.
David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is an American white nationalist activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was also a former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries in 1992, and in the Democratic presidential primaries in 1988. Duke has unsuccessfully run for the Louisiana State Senate, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and Governor of Louisiana.
md
March 10th, 2011
1:20 pm
“Contrary to popular opinion, the WI unions are funded by the pay earned by public sector employees. Once they are paid for their service i.e. labor, that money no longer belongs to the taxpayers.”
Sorry soco….I can’t agree with that one.
The private sector has to generate the funds to pay those dollars………those funds come directly from the taxpayers.
Paulo977
March 10th, 2011
1:21 pm
RBfrom
Gwinnet…
Do go ahead and believe what FOX reports as THE news BUT for the rest of us this…
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/23/948814/-Fox-flips-poll-results-to-falsely-claim-Americans-support-union-busting
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:21 pm
WOW….no not at all haha. For some reason I thought you were female and I was thinking you do a great job of standing up against the incoherent left in here.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:21 pm
“But read below for your edification and education.’
Ok, so Duke was a Dempublican.
Cliff Thatcher
March 10th, 2011
1:21 pm
To Independent – While I agree with you, your stats are off. If you take your 400 (as ppm) you need to divide that by the one million and you get a significantly lower percentage than 0.04%. The correct figure is 0.0004
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:22 pm
“He started out as a dem”
Yeah, that’s because the democrats founded the KKK.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:22 pm
“For some reason I thought you were female and I was thinking you do a great job of standing up against the incoherent left in here.”
Why would you think that I am female?
md
March 10th, 2011
1:22 pm
Ain’t payback a b*tch……..I’m guessing those that were jumping up and down when the D’s rammed hc through don’t much like the feeling now…………..
AmVet
March 10th, 2011
1:22 pm
larry, old Jesse Helms earned some hysterical musical attention from Todd Rundgren…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7HqqrvMQjg
Normal
March 10th, 2011
1:23 pm
Not according to my third leg I’m not.
The one that had polio, right?
Keep up the good fight!
March 10th, 2011
1:23 pm
March 10, 2011 11:59 a.m.
The only Democrat present at a legislative conference committee Wednesday where a bill was crafted to remove significant bargaining rights from most public employees in the state has filed a legal complaint seeking to void the committee’s action.
Attorneys for Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) filed the complaint with the Dane County district attorney’s office Thursday morning, alleging that the 6 p.m. meeting of a conference committee, where the measure passed on a 4-0 vote, violated the state’s Open Meetings Law.
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Uh Ohh……. Republicans may find their legislation which has yet to be passed could be thrown out…
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:23 pm
md
Nope, and their hypocrisy is on full display for all of America to see.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:23 pm
“The one that had polio, right?”
Not so funny, Normal.
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:23 pm
WOW…..I am not sure.
Keep up the good fight!
March 10th, 2011
1:24 pm
March 10, 2011 12:16 p.m.
Madison – Lawyers for the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, AFL-CIO, filed a motion Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court seeking to have Administration Secretary Michael Huebsch found in contempt for restricting access to the Capitol on Wednesday night.
The motion was filed before Dane County Circuit Court Judge John Albert. He is the judge who last week ordered the state and Huebsch to provide better access to the Capitol. The judge also issued an order that paved the way for peaceful removal of protesters who had been camping out for days in the Capitol.
Peg Lautenschlager, a former attorney general who was the lead attorney in the original lawsuit, said Thursday she had sought a hearing on the motion for contempt in advance of a scheduled session of the Assembly.
Albert declined to hold a hearing Thursday, but scheduled a hearing for 11a.m. Friday in his court.
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Could be someone has violated court orders? That’s trouble
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:24 pm
“Republicans may find their legislation which has yet to be passed could be thrown out’
I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that you read/copied that from the HuffPost.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:25 pm
“Could be someone has violated court orders? That’s trouble”
Nope, keep grasping for straws.
Normal
March 10th, 2011
1:26 pm
md
March 10th, 2011
1:20 pm
Are you trying to control what Public Workers can or cannot do with their pay? How American is that?
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:27 pm
OH look the fame whore Jesse Jackson is in WI on the capitol steps……..What a douche!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:27 pm
“Are you trying to control what Public Workers can or cannot do with their pay?”
Absolutely! Especially when that money is taken from taxpayers and given to them by greedy unions.
Normal
March 10th, 2011
1:27 pm
Not so funny, Normal.
Sorry Shorty…
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:27 pm
“OH look the fame whore Jesse Jackson is in WI ”
Well, he’s got to find a way to stay relevant.
Keep up the good fight!
March 10th, 2011
1:27 pm
You’d be wrong…but your stupidity has not stopped your trollism all day.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:28 pm
“:Sorry Shorty”
It’s all good.
Normal
March 10th, 2011
1:28 pm
WOW, the Un-American…
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:28 pm
“You’d be wrong…but your stupidity has not stopped your trollism all day.’
What a profound statement, Keep!
md
March 10th, 2011
1:28 pm
“Uh Ohh……. Republicans may find their legislation which has yet to be passed could be thrown out…”
So they have another meeting and do the exact same thing….what does that accomplish??
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:28 pm
WOW….you think Jesse Jackson is relevant?
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:29 pm
“So they have another meeting and do the exact same thing….what does that accomplish??”
EXACTLY!!!!!
Hey md, do you heat that sound? It’s the sound of thousands of Democrats crying in their beer!
Keep up the good fight!
March 10th, 2011
1:30 pm
Doug Cunningham, a producer with Madison-based Workers Independent News said he was shoved and grabbed by three State Patrol troopers as he tried to make his way into the state Capitol Thursday.
“The Capitol Police officer at that entrance said I was free to enter with other reporters,” Cunningham said. “As I stepped up to the door to enter with other reporters, I was shoved in the chest by an (State Patrol) officer, he grabbed me by the arm and shoved me again. All the while I was tyring to explain I had permission to enter by the Capitol Police.”
“They apparently didn’t think I was a reporter,” he said. “Finally one of their State Patrol officers intervened and told them I had permission from the Capitol Police to enter. At that stage they allowed me to come in.”
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Talk about Thugs
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:30 pm
George W
Nope, I don’t think he’s relevant at all but he is entertaining to watch. I just love how he makes an a$$ out of himself on national tv.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:31 pm
“Talk about Thugs’
So the police are thugs?
Keep up the good fight!
March 10th, 2011
1:31 pm
More profound than any post you have made all day, WOWtroll…..then again, the dog made a more profound statement this morning too.
Tick…tick…tick
PJ
March 10th, 2011
1:31 pm
WOW @1:22 pm
And the Republicans pick up the mantel. But unlike the Dems of old they hide their prejudices behind catch phases like thug, Willie Horton, Illegal aliens, baby killers, femi-nazi’s, welfare queens, affirmative action any other number of derogatory terms and names meant to strike fear into the hearts of unsuspecting and ignorant White people. And they don’t wears white robes anymore they wear three-piece suits.
md
March 10th, 2011
1:31 pm
“Are you trying to control what Public Workers can or cannot do with their pay? How American is that?”
It has nothing to do with “pay”…….those rights haven’t been touched. The bill limits other aspects of CB, not CB in relation to pay.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:32 pm
“More profound than any post you have made all day, WOWtroll…..then again, the dog made a more profound statement this morning too.”
What genius you are, Keep!
Keep up the good fight!
March 10th, 2011
1:33 pm
Uh oh….WOWtroll is going to cry because the thuggery tactics they claim against the Obama administration are now being leveled against Gov. Wormer’s thugs.
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:33 pm
PJ….you are right there are NO ignorant black people around!!!! hahahahahahahahah (I actually laughed outloud).
What is wrong with any of those terms. They all sound pretty accurate to me.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:33 pm
“But unlike the Dems of old they hide their prejudices behind catch phases like thug, Willie Horton, Illegal aliens, baby killers, femi-nazi’s, welfare queens, affirmative action
Anything anyone on the right says is racist to people like you.
“ignorant White people.”
Thanks for showing your true colors, PJ.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
March 10th, 2011
1:34 pm
WOW:
The police are not thugs but sad to say occasionally a “pliceman” can be a thug.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:34 pm
“WOWtroll is going to cry because the thuggery tactics they claim against the Obama administration are now being leveled against Gov. Wormer’s thugs.”
Actually, I’m laughing hysterically at the fact that Democrats are crying! Obama? Nah, he’s not going to do anything but stand on the sideline and play golf.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:35 pm
“What is wrong with any of those terms. They all sound pretty accurate to me.”
Yep.
TaxPayer
March 10th, 2011
1:35 pm
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) accused Republicans on Tuesday of having an “allergy to science and scientists” during a House hearing on a Republican-led proposal to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Well, Republicans are not exactly known for their intellect. After all, they actually STILL believe in that Laffer Curve. hehehe
HDB
March 10th, 2011
1:36 pm
……from Madison.com:
“Shortly after Senate Republicans’ surprise vote Wednesday to eliminate most collective bargaining rights for most public employees, protesters started collecting signatures from citizens in preparation for filing an open meetings complaint.
It is not yet clear where these complaints will be filed, but former Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager said they can be filed with either the Dane County District Attorney’s Office or the Attorney General’s Office. But, she added: “Frankly I don’t know how either of those men would need a complaint to file an action in this. It’s clear that the conference committee’s meeting on its face violated Wisconsin’s open meetings law.”
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said at a news conference after the Senate vote that he had received notice of the conference committee meeting in an e-mail at 4:09 p.m. The meeting was at 6 p.m.
“I honestly do not believe this action will stand. We will seek every recourse available. Clearly what they did was improper and illegal,” Barca said.
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, filed a complaint Thursday morning with the Dane County district attorney charging that the Joint Conference Committee that convened at 6 p.m. Wednesday and passed an amended version of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill is in violation of the open meetings law.
The complaint states that Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald and his brother, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, and others “knowingly attended the meeting in violation of the Open Meetings law” and are subject to penalties identified in state statute.
The complaint asks that the actions taken at the meeting be declared void.
District Attorney Ismael R. Ozanne confirmed this morning that he had received the complaint and that his office would be reviewing it, noting that either he or Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has authority to do so.
“This is the first step. That allows us to take a look at the allegations,” Ozanne said.
Barca could not be immediately reached for comment.
It ain’t over ’til it’s over! – Yogi Berra..
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:37 pm
“Well, Republicans are not exactly known for their intellect.”
At least they don’t believe that Guam will flip over because of of over population!
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:37 pm
“It ain’t over ’til it’s over! – Yogi Berra..’
It’s over.
md
March 10th, 2011
1:38 pm
“The complaint asks that the actions taken at the meeting be declared void.”
And I’ll ask again….what does that accomplish? Makes them have another meeting and do it again?
I see no change in outcome.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:38 pm
“Well, Republicans are not exactly known for their intellect.”
Has Obama visited all 57 states yet?
George W
March 10th, 2011
1:38 pm
WOW…..ha no kidding!
I forgot Democrats are known for the intellectual fortitude.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
March 10th, 2011
1:38 pm
md
If you play the chase the money game, if it’s not backed by the government, it’s useless. My point is, once labor is paid for, that money belongs to that person, regardless of who paid who.
Keep up the good fight!
March 10th, 2011
1:38 pm
HDB – even the attempt to use the 2 hour posting rule rather than the 48 hour rule is questionable and contrary to the State Attorney General prior memorandums.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:39 pm
“My point is, once labor is paid for, that money belongs to that person, regardless of who paid who.”
You mean taken. The money was taken and given to them.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:40 pm
George W
Yeah, I can post endless amounts of examples of Democrat dum dums.
Keep up the good fight!
March 10th, 2011
1:41 pm
md…you may not see a change in action…then again, you may see voters contacting their representatives and to make clear their feelings. Of course, you fail to acknowledge that the Republicans could have said to begin with we’ll post for 48 hours and then vote.
They used the 2 hour rule because they needed to rush and not to be stopped.
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:41 pm
Hey libs,
Do you really want to compare intellect between the gop and dems? Really? Remember, this guy represents YOUR party.
Hank Johnson Worries Guam Could “Capsize” After Marine Buildup
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20001567-503544.html
WOW
March 10th, 2011
1:42 pm
“we’ll post for 48 hours and then vote.’
Obama once said that about the health care bill before he bought off his own party to pass it.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
March 10th, 2011
1:42 pm
Headline: “Obama: Bullying unacceptable”
Now, do you think he means in:
1) Schools
2) Libya
Well, it’s #1. With all of the problems in this country and the world it’s pretty sad that he is taking his time for this. Why does he have a Secretary of Education?
Pathetic !
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/obama-says-he-was-867224.html
stands for decibels
March 10th, 2011
1:43 pm
Back for a bit.
I haven’t really weighed in much over the latest news-flap involving NPR.
However, in the interest of goodwill, here’s a piece I happened upon, that patiently explains what would actually happen if the teensy trickle of funding to NPR were to end due to Congress actually defunding the organization that provides that trickle, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2011/03/10/the-npr-elitist-funding-battle-mostly-not-about-npr-or-elites/
(short version–it’d be the hicks-in-the-sticks, and not the city-slickers, who’d get screwed.)
Simplified: most government funding goes to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The CPB, mostly by mandate, has to distribute that money a certain way: 75% of it to TV, and most of the money to local public-TV and radio stations. They, in turn, produce some local shows, but they pay networks like NPR—and not the other way around—to carry national shows like All Things Considered.
NPR, on the other hand, gets about 2% of its budget from either the CPB or other government grants—a fraction of a fraction. The public-broadcasting community has committed to the united-front idea that all government funding is essential (hence, Ron Schiller’s true statement that NPR would be OK without federal money was as problematic as his insults to conservatives). But there are big distinctions. NPR might be inconvenienced by defunding. A local radio station—let alone a much more expensive public-TV station—in the Great Plains could be killed by it.
There’s the irony: so much of this culture clash is premised on the idea that heartland America is supporting liberal programming for contemptuous coastal elites. But if you took away every dime of public-broadcasting money, East coast elites like me would be just fine. We’d still have our well-funded local public outlets, which we support with the piles of money we get when our banks, media corporations, &c. suck the lifeblood of decent average Americans like you.
It’s the heartland that would be screwed—places, if you look at an electoral map, that vote Republican. Conservatives are right: Sesame Street will be fine. And my kids will still be able to watch it. On the other hand, if you live in, say, South Dakota, or some other rural region with a sparse population base within range of the broadcast signal, you likely won’t have a public-TV station anymore to watch it on, public TV being far more expensive to run than public radio. Thank your Congressman for sticking it to us elitists! (Now, you may still be able to get this programming if you have a computer and mobile devices, high-speed Internet and a mobile data plan—and the income to support them.)
md
March 10th, 2011
1:43 pm
Not big on the Tea party, but from what I’ve been watching on the news, these folks in WI make the Tea party look like the geri chair dance at the local nursing home…………..
Utterly despicable behavior……………….I can only imagine how the media would have covered the “racist” Tea party had they done the same thing…………
HDB
March 10th, 2011
1:44 pm
md
March 10th, 2011
1:38 pm
“And I’ll ask again….what does that accomplish? Makes them have another meeting and do it again?”
Yes….and the Democrats can leave the state AGAIN to prevent a quorum…then earnest negotiations would take place. Because the Republicans stated that it was a budget concern…then lied and said that it wasn’t, the proper determination will have to be made. If Walker’s mantra is union busting, let the world see the truth rather than be clandestine about what he’s trying to do!!
THAT’S the point!!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
March 10th, 2011
1:45 pm
Wow, Congress leaning on companies to support proposed legislation. How unique.
Jay, care to address how signing the Kyoto Treaty would have affected consumers, US companies and our sovereignty?
md
March 10th, 2011
1:46 pm
“My point is, once labor is paid for, that money belongs to that person, regardless of who paid who.”
It is the rate for that labor and benefits that is in question………the taxpayers are talking out both sides of their mouths………support the unions…..don’t want to pay taxes……..sounds like a conundrum to me.
poison pen
March 10th, 2011
1:47 pm
WOW! just watched the news and it showed the union people ( Dems ) ignoring police orders and smashing windows and enterint the state house, what would the lamestream media be reporting if it were the Tae Party. Wanna guess!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
March 10th, 2011
1:47 pm
This one’s for the “blame Bush” Obamatrons:
Gas Prices Up 67% Since Obama President…
Trade deficit jumps…
Jobless claims rise…
World’s biggest bond fund dumps all U.S. debt…
Gov’t Motors CFO resigns abruptly; stock plummets…
md
March 10th, 2011
1:48 pm
“md…you may not see a change in action…then again, you may see voters contacting their representatives and to make clear their feelings. Of course, you fail to acknowledge that the Republicans could have said to begin with we’ll post for 48 hours and then vote.”
As I said earlier, I see this much like the HC bill……just get it on the books……doesn’t matter how….just get it on the books.
Takes a majority in the other direction to get it off…………….
Dave R.
March 10th, 2011
1:50 pm
HDB, they’ll still have a quorum in the committee that passed the bill through to the floor without any Dems.
The outcome will eventually still be the same.