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elbalesDems drafting bill that could derail state warming law
California officials upset -- Pelosi aides say plan needs work
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And this comes from a Democrat. Of course, he's from a coal-mining district in Virginia. Just in case you needed a reminder that irresponsible sacrificing of national interests in the name of corporate profits crosses party lines.
I expect this will get slapped down before even reaching the floor of the House. But it gets better:
What idiot thought it would be a good idea to put representatives beholden to the energy and auto industries in charge of the Energy and Commerce Committee? Of course the people of the energy and auto industries (you know, coal miners, assembly line workers, refinery employees) have as much right as I do to have their interests represented. But putting their reps at the top of the committee at a time when dealing with global warming has acquired such urgency? Stupid.
California officials upset -- Pelosi aides say plan needs work
House Democrats, in their first draft of new energy legislation, would wipe out California's landmark global warming law -- despite their California speaker's promises that her party would use the state as a model to combat climate change.
The legislation would pre-empt California and 11 other states from implementing laws requiring automakers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across their fleets. The bill would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from granting the states waivers to put their climate change rules into effect.
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And this comes from a Democrat. Of course, he's from a coal-mining district in Virginia. Just in case you needed a reminder that irresponsible sacrificing of national interests in the name of corporate profits crosses party lines.
I expect this will get slapped down before even reaching the floor of the House. But it gets better:
The proposal was written by Rep. Rick Boucher, a Democrat who represents a coal-producing district in southwest Virginia and chairs the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee charged with crafting climate change legislation. The full committee's chairman, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., a longtime ally of the auto industry, also played a key role in putting together the new legislation.
What idiot thought it would be a good idea to put representatives beholden to the energy and auto industries in charge of the Energy and Commerce Committee? Of course the people of the energy and auto industries (you know, coal miners, assembly line workers, refinery employees) have as much right as I do to have their interests represented. But putting their reps at the top of the committee at a time when dealing with global warming has acquired such urgency? Stupid.
