[clee1]

What the heck...

It's just a few billion. Drop in the bucket. < /sarcasm>

[RGSpincich]

This article must be in error. Everybody knows that Bush is on an extended vacation and is languishing in Texas. Just ask the MSM.

[Brilliant]

corporate welfare at it's most extreme.

[xrp]

the 1,724-page bill

Why can't legislators KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID!

[inquest]

Also, beginning in 2007, the measure extends daylight-saving time by one month

They need to be punished for that. Legislation that has that kind of impact on our lives should have at least some semblance of input from the people. This is a sign that our servants have gotten a little big for their britches and need to be taken down a peg or two.

[olezip]

"It does not include Bush's desire to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration."

That says it all! What a bummer!

[tobyhill]

This bill is also the secret weapon against Muslims, it's so full of pork that now they should want to leave.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Domenici said he will include a provision authorizing Arctic drilling as part of a budget procedure that is not subject to filibuster. A similar maneuver is being planned in the House, although the final strategy is being worked out.

Why can't a judicial approval be hung on a budget bill too?

[Sam Cree]

Interstate commerce, I guess.

[layman]

$12.3 billion over 10 years

This amounts to $4.10 annually for each person in the country. This, in fact, IS PEANUTS and only confirms that the federal government is incompetent. It took them four years to come up with this pathetic response to the critical problem of energy independence. Our only hope is that with oil selling for $60 per barrel, private enterprise will develop alternative sources of energy while congress continues to wallow in its egotistical dreamworld.

[lstanle]

"Supporters say that in the long run, the new law will refocus the nation's energy priorities and promote cleaner and alternative sources of energy. Bush has said he believes the nation must find new ways, besides fossil fuels, to power the economy."

I think this is a lot of PC BS, I think the nation must find and develop more oil sites such as ANWR and the Gulf of Mexico off Florida and other states.

[longtermmemmory]

just a heads up folks,

The left is calling this the "dirty energy" bill.


IOW it only supports "dirty" forms of energy.

[frgoff]

Typical Bush.

More regulation, more pork barrel spending.

Does this bill actually contain things that will SOLVE the problem? Like relaxing environmental regulations on refineries, relaxing environmental regulations on offshore drilling? Relaxing regulations on EPA mandated gasoline formulations?

I didn't think so.

[TigersEye]

I hate welfare and I hate Daylight Savings Time. I think I hate this bill. Buncha Nanny State socialism.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

It does not include Bush's desire to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration.

Of course, Bush desires no such thing. He wishes to open up exploration on a postage-stamp-sized parcel of land within the refuge that has been designated for exploration since the time the refuge was created.

[Physicist]

Here's what the country needs for an energy policy:

• Full court press on hydrogen fusion research
• Full court press on hydrogen fuel cell development
• Aggressive expansion of domestic oil production
• Aggressive construction of nuclear fission plants
• Destabilization and replacement of Venezuelan, Syrian, and Iranian governments

The first two are the most important, but also by far the hardest. We can't replace gasoline without an economical way to turn hydrogen into mechanical energy; we can't use hydrogen without cheap energy to produce it.