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The Kerry Line: Kerry Obstructed Passage Of The President's Comprehensive Energy Bill
George W. Bush ^ | August 7, 2004

Posted on 08/08/2004 6:03:09 PM PDT by RWR8189

"John Kerry obstructed the President's comprehensive energy plan which had bipartisan support, including its provisions for renewable energy, conservation and energy development that would reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Now he is proposing policies he worked to block."

- Steve Schmidt, Bush-Cheney '04 Spokesman


Kerry Obstructed Passage Of The President's Comprehensive Energy Bill

Kerry Missed Vote, Helping Defeat Energy Bill. Kerry missed a vote on the Energy Bill while campaigning in New Hampshire, helping defeat a bill that included an ethanol mandate, funding for hydrogen and renewable energy and domestic oil and gas production.

The Energy Bill (H.R. 6) That Kerry Opposed Would Have:

By Missing Vote, Kerry Killed American Jobs. NPR'S JEFF YOUNG: "Vestas Group, the world's leading maker of wind turbines, had planned a new plant in Oregon with a thousand employees. Now that's up in the air. Wind farms proposed for Minnesota and Iowa are stalled, and [American Wind Energy Association President Randall] Swisher says layoffs are coming." (NPR's "Morning Edition," 12/31/03)

Kerry Has A Weak Record On Energy

Kerry Supported Higher Gas Taxes At Least 11 Times As Senator

Kerry Voted Against ANWR Exploration Seven Times.

Kerry Voted At Least Times Five Against Ethanol.

Kerry Won't Weigh In On Proposed Wind Farm In His Backyard. (Kevin Landrigan, "Kerry Offers Ways To Fight Pollution," The Telegraph [Nashua, NH], 4/23/03)

Kerry's CAFE Proposal, Which Would Raise Standards To 36 MPG, Is Opposed By The UAW, And Will Eliminate 104,000 Jobs. (Andrew Kleit, "Modeling Increases In CAFE Standards Proposed By Senator Kerry," Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2/10/02; Jeff Plungis, "Plan To Raise Fuel Rules Fails," The Detroit News, 3/13/02; UAW, "Frontlines: Senate Backs Sensible Fuel Economy Standard," UAW's Solidarity, 4/02)

Climate Stewardship Act Kerry Supported Will Raise Gas Prices By 40 Cents Per Gallon In 2025. ("Analysis Of S.139, The Climate Stewardship Act Of 2003," Energy Information Administration, 6/03)

National Association Of Manufacturers: Climate Stewardship Act Is A Job Killer. NAM Executive Vice President Michael Baroody: "To even consider the growth-stifling, command-and-control mandates in Lieberman-McCain while our economy still struggles to create jobs is unfathomable, really … [The vote on S. 139] is about the economy and jobs – nothing more. Those who vote for this bill will unambiguously vote against manufacturing jobs, and we think that would be incredibly shortsighted." (National Association Of Manufacturers, "NAM Calls For Defeat Of S.139," Press Release, 10/29/03)


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bc04; bush43; energy; energybill; gwb2004; kerry; kerryedwards; kerryline; obstruction

1 posted on 08/08/2004 6:03:10 PM PDT by RWR8189
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To: RWR8189

I appreciate this information. What I heard him say yesterday sounded 30 years old.


2 posted on 08/08/2004 6:29:15 PM PDT by ClaireSolt
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