Nooooo: Energy bill fails in Senate, Reid to remove tax provisions
As if we didn't see it coming. GOP Senators and President Bush have been threatening to kill the energy bill even before it passed through the House last week, and this morning the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the bill by a vote of 59-40. As usual, Congress isn't trying hard enough. NY Times
Senator Reid said that he would remove the controversial tax provisions shutting off tax loopholes to oil companies. I already called Reid, Boxer and Feinstein to urge them to not let this happen, but I think it is too late.
If we can't even pass an energy bill, how are we ever going to pass specific global warming legislation, like the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act? link
I think this quote from Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) pretty much sums it up: "The future just failed by one vote. ... The oil companies now are celebrating in their boardrooms. ... They continue to have a deathgrip on this Senate."
So sad...so, so sad.
Ohh, and with things heating up at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Bali, the passage of this energy bill is sure to piss off the world even more. Already, the EU has "threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington agrees to specific targets for reducing greenhouse gases."
During a speech at the conference, Gore stated, “My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali.” You go, Gore. link
assholes. McCain wasn't
assholes.
McCain wasn't there. he used to take a lot of pride in bucking his party on this issue, but where was he this time? pandering for winger Idiot votes in Iowa.
Gore's rockin, tho. if we DO get anything done on global warming next term, he gets a lot of the credit. even though Bush still has his head stuck up his ass, the debate's shifted an awful lot over the last couple years. even the GOP, as stubborn and ignorant as they are, won't be able to resist the tide for much longer. the public's getting too educated.
I don't expect the Bushies to do give an inch at Bali, though.
^^^^^^^^^^
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
-Robert F. Kennedy
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