Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy

WSJ ^ | February 23, 2009, 3:04 pm | Keith Johnson

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The future of energy and climate policy is starting to take shape, if comments by Senate majority leader Harry Reid at a clean-energy conference in Washington, D.C. are any guide.

...There’d been plenty of speculation that Congress would bundle together energy-related provisions and a climate bill in the same package. That way, the bitter pill of stricter regulation of greenhouse-gas emissions – and higher costs for energy – would be offset by a new round of goodies. ...

Sen. Reid said he’s decided that renewable-energy and climate change “are two separate issues, and we need to make this as easy to do as possible.” That means that the 111th Congress will again try to draft stand-alone climate legislation,... But as David Roberts at Grist has noted, Congressional Democrats are far from a unified bloc when it comes to climate policy, with many Blue Dog Democrats leery of anything that smacks of additional burdens on industry.

Sen. Reid also made clear that Washington will call the shots as Congress and the Obama administration seek to overhaul how the country generates and uses electricity. That is especially important for several key issues, from building a new interstate electricity transmission network to changing the way that utilities make money from selling electricity. In both cases, state regulations currently prevail.

Told that state utility regulators are wary of Congress’ plans to railroad through new interstate transmission lines, Sen. Reid said “Whatever we pass at the federal level trumps all that.”

That marks Washington’s second shot across the bow of state authorities in as many weeks. The stimulus package included provisions that would condition federal money to states re-writing their utility laws to favor energy efficiency.

Get ready for a backlash from state capitals, many of which have been out in from of Washington D....

[DBCJR]

This is the Pelosi-Reid Administration, and Puppet Boy is following.

[KrisKrinkle]

“...Utah would be one of the wealthiest COUNTRIES in the world based on their clan coal and mineral resources that were stolen by the Feds.”

Who owns the land those coal and mineral resources came from and how did they come to own it? (That’s not a trick question, but a straight forward question the answer to which I don’t yet know.)

[George Smiley]

Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Ichabod Crane?

[George Smiley]

“The Road to Serfdom” gets paved.

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Harry Reid:  Suspicions confirmed...

AP News - Reid: Senate to take up climate change this year - Feb 19, 2009

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top Democrat — Majority Leader Harry Reid — says he wants to take up a bill to tackle 'global warming'  by the end of the summer...

 

...even though the UN's recent IPCC data proves "global warming" ended in 1998.

 

...Well, they may, or they may not, but one thing is sure...

 

...There's Certainly No Doubt About Harry...

 

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[TADSLOS]

This is a perfect example of why the 17th Amendment needs to be repealed.

[roses of sharon]

“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”

Samuel Adams

[PhilDragoo]

Harry Reid's energy production is the methane of his words.

Behold Tire Guage Hussein who brags of destroying the coal industry.

The party which destroyed the atomic production of electricity and has blocked domestic petroleum development dares present an "energy" bill.

Hussein and the Inner Party want the masses in wooden shoes with ox-drawn plows.

The Hussein America at night will rival North Korea for its wildly exuberant splash of brilliance.

Harry Reid is actually dead and is operated by a cunning combination of servo-hydraulic contraptions emanating from the Disney animatronic labs.

We can't detect the formaldehyde as it's trumped by the characteristic Dem top note of harkinian manure.

[BOBTHENAILER]

The party which destroyed the atomic production of electricity and has blocked domestic petroleum development dares present an "energy" bill.

QUOTE OF THE DAY!!!!!

[bray]

You owe me an apology for comparing a noble animal like that to Dirtbag.

Pray for America, Our Troops and Gov Palin

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Thanks, SB! Will run on Wed.

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:) ...Thanks!

Did you already happen to see these...?

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(Sorry, but I haven't been posting much.)

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The danger of outhouse gasses eminating from washington and the boob tubes all over is deviststing. It is causing Global insanity.

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The 1st 2 I (picked up at Strange Politics &) had set for tom’w...added the last for Thurs.

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The 1st 2 I (picked up at Strange Politics &) had set for tom’w...added the last for Thurs.

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Thanks Seadog. That is a great ‘morph gif’!

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Great! ...Thanks!

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[Harry Reid is actually dead and is operated by a cunning combination of servo-hydraulic contraptions.......]

Lol, like a hand inside a sock puppet. I'd say Nancy, but recent events proved she didn't control him.