Russ Steele
House Democratic leaders plan to bring the Waxman-Markey energy-rationing bill, H. R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act to the House floor for a vote on Friday. This legislation will be the most costly tax increases in our history. We will soon be rationing our energy, making decisions about how we live based on how may energy credits we have left for the month. "Sorry Jimmy, we will not be visiting Grandma this summer, we do not has enough carbon credits, maybe next summer."
Given that China and India have made strong statements they will not damage their economies and impoverish their peoples with similar cap and trade program we are committing global economic suicide.
However, many Legislators voting for this economic suicide note may not be reading this note be for they vote on it, according to the Sunlight Foundation. The Foundation reports these is some behind the closed doors maneuvering going on.
Here’s the timeline:
Introduced - 5/15/09
Reported with amendments out of Energy & Commerce - 6/5/09
Discharged by Education & Labor and Foreign Affairs Committees - 6/5/09
Discharged by Financial Services, Science & Technology, Transportation, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Ways & Means Committees - 6/19/09
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 90 - 6/19/09 (This version is 946 pages)
Submitted to House Rules Committee - 6/22/09, 4:22pm (This version is 1,201 pages)
So, where along the line does the bill suddenly expand by 300 pages? According to the New York Times, the various committee chairs held behind the scenes meetings and hashed out a compromise with no allowance for public input.
There you have it, no public input to the latest version of our economic suicide note. District 4 readers might want to send Rep Tom McClintock an e-mail and ask him if he has a chance to read H.R. 2454. Link on the left side. Other readers should contact their Representatives and ask them the same question. Let them know that your are watching.
