Is this coovered in the Republian Pledge to America?
We need to eff those who pass such laws, and we need to eff them royally.
There are som many hanginng fascists pieces pof legislation, that the design is to inoke them all at the same time, under the assumption that America will not resist.
No foreign body will be allowed to dictate to America. The people will not allow it.The constitution does not allow it.
It is DOA in the senate.
Dear Santa,
For Christmas this year, I would like November 2nd to be tomorrow. I have been a very good boy. Thank you,
Laz
Thanks for not excerpting.
Damn! I’ve never even heard of this bill! Can it be stopped in the senate???
CLEAR Act.
Originally introduced in the House of Representatives September 8, 2009 by Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV), H.R. 3534: Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, passed on July 30 this year by a vote of 209 - 193 with 31 present/not voting.
Of the 209 “yea” votes, all were Democrats except Tim Johnson (R-IL), and Vernon Ehlers (R-MI). Of the 31 present/not voting all but 9 were Republicans.
Although it’s painfully obvious the vote was split down party lines, the Republicans had the numbers to defeat the CLEAR Act considering that 39 Democrats sided with them voting “nay” and a simple majority only was required.
Critics of CLEAR point to the fact that it, “...assesses a Conservation Fee of $2 per barrel of oil and 20 cents per million BTUs of natural gas for all leases on Federal onshore and offshore lands (Section 802),” which they contend, “will jettison America’s energy prices for oil and gas through the roof.”
Even the non-partisan website govtrack.us reports that the estimated cost of the House version of the legislation would be $70 PER AMERICAN from 2011-2020.
Opposition website cautions, “The CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) is a thinly disguised permanent roadblock to American energy which drives American companies out of the Gulf, delays future drilling, increases dependence on foreign oil, and kills tens of thousands of good paying U.S. energy jobs.”
http://www.examiner.com/religion-politics-in-wilmington/lame-duck-congress-to-ram-through-clear-act
Big Green - the most powerful lobby in DC today
Starting today, the Washington Examiner is running a special report on “Big Green”: the alliance of progressive activists, environmental groups like the Sierra Club, and the Democratic Party that has become perhaps the most powerful single lobby in Washington today.
Red the first installments of Part one here:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/special-editorial-reports/Big-Green-Theyre-the-green-gorillas-of-American-politics-103831954.html
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2010-513
Alabama
Nay AL-1 Bonner, Jo [R]
Nay AL-2 Bright, Bobby [D]
Nay AL-3 Rogers, Michael [R]
Nay AL-4 Aderholt, Robert [R]
Not Voting AL-5 Griffith, Parker [R]
Nay AL-6 Bachus, Spencer [R]
Nay AL-7 Davis, Artur [D]
Alaska
Nay AK-0 Young, Donald [R]
Arizona
Nay AZ-1 Kirkpatrick, Ann [D]
Nay AZ-2 Franks, Trent [R]
Not Voting AZ-3 Shadegg, John [R]
Yea AZ-4 Pastor, Edward [D]
Nay AZ-5 Mitchell, Harry [D]
Nay AZ-6 Flake, Jeff [R]
Yea AZ-7 Grijalva, Raul [D]
Yea AZ-8 Giffords, Gabrielle [D]
Arkansas
Not Voting AR-1 Berry, Robert [D]
Yea AR-2 Snyder, Victor [D]
Nay AR-3 Boozman, John [R]
Nay AR-4 Ross, Mike [D]
California
Yea CA-1 Thompson, C. [D]
Nay CA-2 Herger, Walter [R]
Nay CA-3 Lungren, Daniel [R]
Nay CA-4 McClintock, Tom [R]
Yea CA-5 Matsui, Doris [D]
Yea CA-6 Woolsey, Lynn [D]
Yea CA-7 Miller, George [D]
Yea CA-8 Pelosi, Nancy [D]
Yea CA-9 Lee, Barbara [D]
Yea CA-10 Garamendi, John [D]
Yea CA-11 McNerney, Jerry [D]
Yea CA-12 Speier, Jackie [D]
Yea CA-13 Stark, Fortney [D]
Yea CA-14 Eshoo, Anna [D]
Yea CA-15 Honda, Michael [D]
Yea CA-16 Lofgren, Zoe [D]
Yea CA-17 Farr, Sam [D]
Yea CA-18 Cardoza, Dennis [D]
Not Voting CA-19 Radanovich, George [R]
Nay CA-20 Costa, Jim [D]
Not Voting CA-21 Nunes, Devin [R]
Not Voting CA-22 McCarthy, Kevin [R]
Yea CA-23 Capps, Lois [D]
Nay CA-24 Gallegly, Elton [R]
Not Voting CA-25 McKeon, Howard [R]
Nay CA-26 Dreier, David [R]
Yea CA-27 Sherman, Brad [D]
Yea CA-28 Berman, Howard [D]
Yea CA-29 Schiff, Adam [D]
Yea CA-30 Waxman, Henry [D]
Yea CA-31 Becerra, Xavier [D]
Yea CA-32 Chu, Judy [D]
Not Voting CA-33 Watson, Diane [D]
Yea CA-34 Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D]
Yea CA-35 Waters, Maxine [D]
Yea CA-36 Harman, Jane [D]
Yea CA-37 Richardson, Laura [D]
Yea CA-38 Napolitano, Grace [D]
Yea CA-39 Sanchez, Linda [D]
Nay CA-40 Royce, Edward [R]
Nay CA-41 Lewis, Jerry [R]
Present CA-42 Miller, Gary [R]
Yea CA-43 Baca, Joe [D]
Nay CA-44 Calvert, Ken [R]
Nay CA-45 Bono Mack, Mary [R]
Nay CA-46 Rohrabacher, Dana [R]
Yea CA-47 Sanchez, Loretta [D]
Not Voting CA-48 Campbell, John [R]
Nay CA-49 Issa, Darrell [R]
Nay CA-50 Bilbray, Brian [R]
Yea CA-51 Filner, Bob [D]
Nay CA-52 Hunter, Duncan [R]
Yea CA-53 Davis, Susan [D]
Colorado
Yea CO-1 DeGette, Diana [D]
Yea CO-2 Polis, Jared [D]
Nay CO-3 Salazar, John [D]
Yea CO-4 Markey, Betsy [D]
Nay CO-5 Lamborn, Doug [R]
Nay CO-6 Coffman, Mike [R]
Not Voting CO-7 Perlmutter, Ed [D]
Connecticut
Yea CT-1 Larson, John [D]
Yea CT-2 Courtney, Joe [D]
Yea CT-3 DeLauro, Rosa [D]
Not Voting CT-4 Himes, James [D]
Yea CT-5 Murphy, Christopher [D]
Delaware
Nay DE-0 Castle, Michael [R]
Florida
Nay FL-1 Miller, Jeff [R]
Yea FL-2 Boyd, Allen [D]
Yea FL-3 Brown, Corrine [D]
Nay FL-4 Crenshaw, Ander [R]
Nay FL-5 Brown-Waite, Virginia [R]
Nay FL-6 Stearns, Clifford [R]
Nay FL-7 Mica, John [R]
Yea FL-8 Grayson, Alan [D]
Nay FL-9 Bilirakis, Gus [R]
Not Voting FL-10 Young, C. W. [R]
Yea FL-11 Castor, Kathy [D]
Nay FL-12 Putnam, Adam [R]
Nay FL-13 Buchanan, Vern [R]
Nay FL-14 Mack, Connie [R]
Nay FL-15 Posey, Bill [R]
Nay FL-16 Rooney, Thomas [R]
Yea FL-17 Meek, Kendrick [D]
Nay FL-18 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R]
Yea FL-19 Deutch, Ted [D]
Yea FL-20 Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D]
Nay FL-21 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R]
Yea FL-22 Klein, Ron [D]
Yea FL-23 Hastings, Alcee [D]
Yea FL-24 Kosmas, Suzanne [D]
Nay FL-25 Diaz-Balart, Mario [R]
Georgia
Nay GA-1 Kingston, Jack [R]
Yea GA-2 Bishop, Sanford [D]
Nay GA-3 Westmoreland, Lynn [R]
Yea GA-4 Johnson, Henry [D]
Yea GA-5 Lewis, John [D]
Nay GA-6 Price, Tom [R]
Not Voting GA-7 Linder, John [R]
Nay GA-8 Marshall, James [D]
Nay GA-9 Graves, Tom [R]
Nay GA-10 Broun, Paul [R]
Nay GA-11 Gingrey, John [R]
Yea GA-12 Barrow, John [D]
Yea GA-13 Scott, David [D]
Hawaii
Nay HI-1 Djou, Charles [R]
Yea HI-2 Hirono, Mazie [D]
Idaho
Yea ID-1 Minnick, Walter [D]
Nay ID-2 Simpson, Michael [R]
Illinois
Yea IL-1 Rush, Bobby [D]
Yea IL-2 Jackson, Jesse [D]
Yea IL-3 Lipinski, Daniel [D]
Yea IL-4 Gutierrez, Luis [D]
Yea IL-5 Quigley, Mike [D]
Nay IL-6 Roskam, Peter [R]
Yea IL-7 Davis, Danny [D]
Yea IL-8 Bean, Melissa [D]
Yea IL-9 Schakowsky, Janice [D]
Nay IL-10 Kirk, Mark [R]
Nay IL-11 Halvorson, Deborah [D]
Yea IL-12 Costello, Jerry [D]
Nay IL-13 Biggert, Judy [R]
Yea IL-14 Foster, Bill [D]
Yea IL-15 Johnson, Timothy [R]
Nay IL-16 Manzullo, Donald [R]
Yea IL-17 Hare, Phil [D]
Nay IL-18 Schock, Aaron [R]
Nay IL-19 Shimkus, John [R]
Indiana
Yea IN-1 Visclosky, Peter [D]
Nay IN-2 Donnelly, Joe [D]
Not Voting IN-4 Buyer, Stephen [R]
Nay IN-5 Burton, Dan [R]
Nay IN-6 Pence, Mike [R]
Yea IN-7 Carson, André [D]
Nay IN-8 Ellsworth, Brad [D]
Yea IN-9 Hill, Baron [D]
Iowa
Yea IA-1 Braley, Bruce [D]
Yea IA-2 Loebsack, David [D]
Yea IA-3 Boswell, Leonard [D]
Nay IA-4 Latham, Thomas [R]
Nay IA-5 King, Steve [R]
Kansas
Not Voting KS-1 Moran, Jerry [R]
Nay KS-2 Jenkins, Lynn [R]
Yea KS-3 Moore, Dennis [D]
Not Voting KS-4 Tiahrt, Todd [R]
Kentucky
Nay KY-1 Whitfield, Edward [R]
Nay KY-2 Guthrie, Brett [R]
Yea KY-3 Yarmuth, John [D]
Not Voting KY-4 Davis, Geoff [R]
Nay KY-5 Rogers, Harold [R]
Yea KY-6 Chandler, Ben [D]
Louisiana
Nay LA-1 Scalise, Steve [R]
Nay LA-2 Cao, Anh [R]
Yea LA-3 Melancon, Charles [D]
Nay LA-4 Fleming, John [R]
Nay LA-5 Alexander, Rodney [R]
Nay LA-6 Cassidy, Bill [R]
Nay LA-7 Boustany, Charles [R]
Maine
Yea ME-1 Pingree, Chellie [D]
Yea ME-2 Michaud, Michael [D]
Maryland
Yea MD-1 Kratovil, Frank [D]
Yea MD-2 Ruppersberger, C.A. [D]
Yea MD-3 Sarbanes, John [D]
Yea MD-4 Edwards, Donna [D]
Yea MD-5 Hoyer, Steny [D]
Nay MD-6 Bartlett, Roscoe [R]
Yea MD-7 Cummings, Elijah [D]
Yea MD-8 Van Hollen, Christopher [D]
Massachusetts
Yea MA-1 Olver, John [D]
Yea MA-2 Neal, Richard [D]
Yea MA-3 McGovern, James [D]
Yea MA-4 Frank, Barney [D]
Yea MA-5 Tsongas, Niki [D]
Yea MA-6 Tierney, John [D]
Yea MA-7 Markey, Edward [D]
Yea MA-8 Capuano, Michael [D]
Yea MA-9 Lynch, Stephen [D]
Not Voting MA-10 Delahunt, William [D]
Michigan
Yea MI-1 Stupak, Bart [D]
Not Voting MI-2 Hoekstra, Peter [R]
Yea MI-3 Ehlers, Vernon [R]
Nay MI-4 Camp, David [R]
Yea MI-5 Kildee, Dale [D]
Nay MI-6 Upton, Frederick [R]
Yea MI-7 Schauer, Mark [D]
Not Voting MI-8 Rogers, Michael [R]
Yea MI-9 Peters, Gary [D]
Nay MI-10 Miller, Candice [R]
Nay MI-11 McCotter, Thaddeus [R]
Yea MI-12 Levin, Sander [D]
Not Voting MI-13 Kilpatrick, Carolyn [D]
Yea MI-14 Conyers, John [D]
Yea MI-15 Dingell, John [D]
Minnesota
Yea MN-1 Walz, Timothy [D]
Nay MN-2 Kline, John [R]
Nay MN-3 Paulsen, Erik [R]
Yea MN-4 McCollum, Betty [D]
Yea MN-5 Ellison, Keith [D]
Nay MN-6 Bachmann, Michele [R]
Nay MN-7 Peterson, Collin [D]
Yea MN-8 Oberstar, James [D]
Mississippi
Nay MS-1 Childers, Travis [D]
Yea MS-2 Thompson, Bennie [D]
Nay MS-3 Harper, Gregg [R]
Yea MS-4 Taylor, Gene [D]
Missouri
Yea MO-1 Clay, William [D]
Not Voting MO-2 Akin, W. [R]
Yea MO-3 Carnahan, Russ [D]
Nay MO-4 Skelton, Ike [D]
Yea MO-5 Cleaver, Emanuel [D]
Nay MO-6 Graves, Samuel [R]
Not Voting MO-7 Blunt, Roy [R]
Nay MO-8 Emerson, Jo Ann [R]
Nay MO-9 Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R]
Montana
Nay MT-0 Rehberg, Dennis [R]
Nebraska
Nay NE-1 Fortenberry, Jeffrey [R]
Nay NE-2 Terry, Lee [R]
Nay NE-3 Smith, Adrian [R]
Nevada
Yea NV-1 Berkley, Shelley [D]
Nay NV-2 Heller, Dean [R]
Nay NV-3 Titus, Dina [D]
New Hampshire
Yea NH-1 Shea-Porter, Carol [D]
Yea NH-2 Hodes, Paul [D]
New Jersey
Yea NJ-1 Andrews, Robert [D]
Nay NJ-2 LoBiondo, Frank [R]
Yea NJ-3 Adler, John [D]
Nay NJ-4 Smith, Christopher [R]
Nay NJ-5 Garrett, Scott [R]
Yea NJ-6 Pallone, Frank [D]
Nay NJ-7 Lance, Leonard [R]
Yea NJ-8 Pascrell, William [D]
Yea NJ-9 Rothman, Steven [D]
Yea NJ-10 Payne, Donald [D]
Nay NJ-11 Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R]
Yea NJ-12 Holt, Rush [D]
Yea NJ-13 Sires, Albio [D]
New Mexico
Yea NM-1 Heinrich, Martin [D]
Nay NM-2 Teague, Harry [D]
Yea NM-3 Lujan, Ben [D]
New York
Yea NY-1 Bishop, Timothy [D]
Yea NY-2 Israel, Steve [D]
Nay NY-3 King, Peter [R]
Yea NY-4 McCarthy, Carolyn [D]
Yea NY-5 Ackerman, Gary [D]
Yea NY-6 Meeks, Gregory [D]
Yea NY-7 Crowley, Joseph [D]
Yea NY-8 Nadler, Jerrold [D]
Yea NY-9 Weiner, Anthony [D]
Yea NY-10 Towns, Edolphus [D]
Yea NY-11 Clarke, Yvette [D]
Yea NY-12 Velazquez, Nydia [D]
Nay NY-13 McMahon, Michael [D]
Yea NY-14 Maloney, Carolyn [D]
Yea NY-15 Rangel, Charles [D]
Yea NY-16 Serrano, José [D]
Yea NY-17 Engel, Eliot [D]
Yea NY-18 Lowey, Nita [D]
Yea NY-19 Hall, John [D]
Yea NY-20 Murphy, Scott [D]
Yea NY-21 Tonko, Paul [D]
Yea NY-22 Hinchey, Maurice [D]
Yea NY-23 Owens, William [D]
Yea NY-24 Arcuri, Michael [D]
Yea NY-25 Maffei, Daniel [D]
Nay NY-26 Lee, Christopher [R]
Yea NY-27 Higgins, Brian [D]
Yea NY-28 Slaughter, Louise [D]
North Carolina
Yea NC-1 Butterfield, George [D]
Yea NC-2 Etheridge, Bob [D]
Nay NC-3 Jones, Walter [R]
Yea NC-4 Price, David [D]
Nay NC-5 Foxx, Virginia [R]
Nay NC-6 Coble, Howard [R]
Yea NC-7 McIntyre, Mike [D]
Yea NC-8 Kissell, Larry [D]
Nay NC-9 Myrick, Sue [R]
Nay NC-10 McHenry, Patrick [R]
Yea NC-11 Shuler, Heath [D]
Yea NC-12 Watt, Melvin [D]
Yea NC-13 Miller, R. [D]
North Dakota
Nay ND-0 Pomeroy, Earl [D]
Ohio
Yea OH-1 Driehaus, Steve [D]
Nay OH-2 Schmidt, Jean [R]
Nay OH-3 Turner, Michael [R]
Nay OH-4 Jordan, Jim [R]
Nay OH-5 Latta, Robert [R]
Nay OH-6 Wilson, Charles [D]
Nay OH-7 Austria, Steve [R]
Nay OH-8 Boehner, John [R]
Yea OH-9 Kaptur, Marcy [D]
Yea OH-10 Kucinich, Dennis [D]
Yea OH-11 Fudge, Marcia [D]
Nay OH-12 Tiberi, Patrick [R]
Yea OH-13 Sutton, Betty [D]
Nay OH-14 LaTourette, Steven [R]
Yea OH-15 Kilroy, Mary Jo [D]
Nay OH-16 Boccieri, John [D]
Yea OH-17 Ryan, Timothy [D]
Nay OH-18 Space, Zachary [D]
Oklahoma
Nay OK-1 Sullivan, John [R]
Nay OK-2 Boren, Dan [D]
Nay OK-3 Lucas, Frank [R]
Nay OK-4 Cole, Tom [R]
Nay OK-5 Fallin, Mary [R]
Oregon
Yea OR-1 Wu, David [D]
Nay OR-2 Walden, Greg [R]
Yea OR-3 Blumenauer, Earl [D]
Yea OR-4 DeFazio, Peter [D]
Yea OR-5 Schrader, Kurt [D]
Pennsylvania
Yea PA-1 Brady, Robert [D]
Yea PA-2 Fattah, Chaka [D]
Yea PA-3 Dahlkemper, Kathleen [D]
Yea PA-4 Altmire, Jason [D]
Nay PA-5 Thompson, Glenn [R]
Nay PA-6 Gerlach, Jim [R]
Yea PA-7 Sestak, Joe [D]
Yea PA-8 Murphy, Patrick [D]
Nay PA-9 Shuster, William [R]
Not Voting PA-10 Carney, Christopher [D]
Yea PA-11 Kanjorski, Paul [D]
Yea PA-12 Critz, Mark [D]
Yea PA-13 Schwartz, Allyson [D]
Yea PA-14 Doyle, Michael [D]
Nay PA-15 Dent, Charles [R]
Nay PA-16 Pitts, Joseph [R]
Nay PA-17 Holden, Tim [D]
Nay PA-18 Murphy, Tim [R]
Nay PA-19 Platts, Todd [R]
Rhode Island
Yea RI-1 Kennedy, Patrick [D]
Yea RI-2 Langevin, James [D]
South Carolina
Not Voting SC-1 Brown, Henry [R]
Nay SC-2 Wilson, Addison [R]
Not Voting SC-3 Barrett, James [R]
Nay SC-4 Inglis, Bob [R]
Yea SC-5 Spratt, John [D]
Yea SC-6 Clyburn, James [D]
South Dakota
Nay SD-0 Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D]
Tennessee
Nay TN-1 Roe, Phil [R]
Nay TN-2 Duncan, John [R]
Not Voting TN-3 Wamp, Zach [R]
Nay TN-4 Davis, Lincoln [D]
Nay TN-5 Cooper, Jim [D]
Yea TN-6 Gordon, Barton [D]
Nay TN-7 Blackburn, Marsha [R]
Nay TN-8 Tanner, John [D]
Yea TN-9 Cohen, Steve [D]
Texas
Nay TX-1 Gohmert, Louis [R]
Nay TX-2 Poe, Ted [R]
Not Voting TX-3 Johnson, Samuel [R]
Nay TX-4 Hall, Ralph [R]
Nay TX-5 Hensarling, Jeb [R]
Nay TX-6 Barton, Joe [R]
Nay TX-7 Culberson, John [R]
Nay TX-8 Brady, Kevin [R]
Yea TX-9 Green, Al [D]
Nay TX-10 McCaul, Michael [R]
Nay TX-11 Conaway, K. [R]
Nay TX-12 Granger, Kay [R]
Nay TX-13 Thornberry, William [R]
Nay TX-14 Paul, Ronald [R]
Nay TX-15 Hinojosa, Rubén [D]
Not Voting TX-16 Reyes, Silvestre [D]
Nay TX-17 Edwards, Thomas [D]
Nay TX-18 Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D]
Nay TX-19 Neugebauer, Randy [R]
Nay TX-20 Gonzalez, Charles [D]
Nay TX-21 Smith, Lamar [R]
Nay TX-22 Olson, Pete [R]
Nay TX-23 Rodriguez, Ciro [D]
Nay TX-24 Marchant, Kenny [R]
Yea TX-25 Doggett, Lloyd [D]
Nay TX-26 Burgess, Michael [R]
Nay TX-27 Ortiz, Solomon [D]
Nay TX-28 Cuellar, Henry [D]
Nay TX-29 Green, Raymond [D]
Yea TX-30 Johnson, Eddie [D]
Nay TX-31 Carter, John [R]
Nay TX-32 Sessions, Peter [R]
Utah
Nay UT-1 Bishop, Rob [R]
Nay UT-2 Matheson, Jim [D]
Nay UT-3 Chaffetz, Jason [R]
Vermont
Yea VT-0 Welch, Peter [D]
Virginia
Nay VA-1 Wittman, Rob [R]
Nay VA-2 Nye, Glenn [D]
Yea VA-3 Scott, Robert [D]
Nay VA-4 Forbes, J. [R]
Nay VA-5 Perriello, Thomas [D]
Nay VA-6 Goodlatte, Robert [R]
Nay VA-7 Cantor, Eric [R]
Yea VA-8 Moran, James [D]
Nay VA-9 Boucher, Frederick [D]
Nay VA-10 Wolf, Frank [R]
Yea VA-11 Connolly, Gerald [D]
Washington
Yea WA-1 Inslee, Jay [D]
Yea WA-2 Larsen, Rick [D]
Yea WA-3 Baird, Brian [D]
Nay WA-4 Hastings, Doc [R]
Nay WA-5 McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R]
Yea WA-6 Dicks, Norman [D]
Yea WA-7 McDermott, James [D]
Nay WA-8 Reichert, Dave [R]
Yea WA-9 Smith, Adam [D]
West Virginia
Yea WV-1 Mollohan, Alan [D]
Nay WV-2 Capito, Shelley [R]
Yea WV-3 Rahall, Nick [D]
Wisconsin
Nay WI-1 Ryan, Paul [R]
Yea WI-2 Baldwin, Tammy [D]
Yea WI-3 Kind, Ronald [D]
Yea WI-4 Moore, Gwen [D]
Nay WI-5 Sensenbrenner, F. [R]
Nay WI-6 Petri, Thomas [R]
Not Voting WI-7 Obey, David [D]
Yea WI-8 Kagen, Steve [D]
Wyoming
Nay WY-0 Lummis, Cynthia [R]
Honestly, I feel sick.
Just passed...almost two months ago (Aug 4th). Senate doing nothing with it.
REALLY??? JUST got screwed?? JUST Passed??? In the story itself it says this passed on July 30. Think about the Headline on your post before blaring out something that’s 2 months old as having “just got.”
Yes it’s a bad bill and Yes it needs stopped but we don’t need to give the libs fodder to say we’re running around screaming “the sky is falling” on something that’s been hashed out months ago.
I read here on FR a couple of months ago, and no I did not save the article, Palin was for Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) when she was governor. At that point in my mind I said, “screw you, Palin,”
Maybe somebody else saved it and can share.
There just isn’t enough rope to hang them all, but we should still try.
CLEAR Act.
Originally introduced in the House of Representatives September 8, 2009 by Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV), H.R. 3534: Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, passed on July 30 this year by a vote of 209 - 193 with 31 present/not voting.
Of the 209 “yea” votes, all were Democrats except Tim Johnson (R-IL), and Vernon Ehlers (R-MI). Of the 31 present/not voting all but 9 were Republicans.
Although it’s painfully obvious the vote was split down party lines, the Republicans had the numbers to defeat the CLEAR Act considering that 39 Democrats sided with them voting “nay” and a simple majority only was required.
Critics of CLEAR point to the fact that it, “...assesses a Conservation Fee of $2 per barrel of oil and 20 cents per million BTUs of natural gas for all leases on Federal onshore and offshore lands (Section 802),” which they contend, “will jettison America’s energy prices for oil and gas through the roof.”
Even the non-partisan website govtrack.us reports that the estimated cost of the House version of the legislation would be $70 PER AMERICAN from 2011-2020.
Opposition website cautions, “The CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) is a thinly disguised permanent roadblock to American energy which drives American companies out of the Gulf, delays future drilling, increases dependence on foreign oil, and kills tens of thousands of good paying U.S. energy jobs.”
http://www.examiner.com/religion-politics-in-wilmington/lame-duck-congress-to-ram-through-clear-act
CLEAR Act.
Originally introduced in the House of Representatives September 8, 2009 by Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV), H.R. 3534: Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, passed on July 30 this year by a vote of 209 - 193 with 31 present/not voting.
Of the 209 “yea” votes, all were Democrats except Tim Johnson (R-IL), and Vernon Ehlers (R-MI). Of the 31 present/not voting all but 9 were Republicans.
Although it’s painfully obvious the vote was split down party lines, the Republicans had the numbers to defeat the CLEAR Act considering that 39 Democrats sided with them voting “nay” and a simple majority only was required.
Critics of CLEAR point to the fact that it, “...assesses a Conservation Fee of $2 per barrel of oil and 20 cents per million BTUs of natural gas for all leases on Federal onshore and offshore lands (Section 802),” which they contend, “will jettison America’s energy prices for oil and gas through the roof.”
Even the non-partisan website govtrack.us reports that the estimated cost of the House version of the legislation would be $70 PER AMERICAN from 2011-2020.
Opposition website cautions, “The CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) is a thinly disguised permanent roadblock to American energy which drives American companies out of the Gulf, delays future drilling, increases dependence on foreign oil, and kills tens of thousands of good paying U.S. energy jobs.”
http://www.examiner.com/religion-politics-in-wilmington/lame-duck-congress-to-ram-through-clear-act
Found. Here we go:
“Sarah Palin supports the Law of the Sea Treaty”
http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=15574&posts=1
Ref my post #28.
I thought the article I had read was a few weeks ago. This one is more recent. It could very well be the same one but thought the one I had read was more in the past but wasn’t after all.
Thanks for the information.
The marxists in Washington think this country got rich unjustly and that it should give away its riches to all those poor, downtrodden countries.
Redistribution of wealth on a global scale.
God help us in our day, in Jesus name, amen.