Posted on 07/26/2006 8:33:33 PM PDT by JulieRNR21
July 26, 2006
Sen. Bill Nelson: A Lesson in Civics 101
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), longtime foe of tapping US resources off of the Florida coast (even though it's way past the sight line and you can't "spill" natural gas), now sees the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act inching slowly toward passage. He appeared at first to be on board with the bill, but has now tossed up a new roadblock, one that should mystify anyone who has taken a basics civics course.
Sen. Nelson's latest gambit is his effort to seek assurances (not sure from whom) that the Senate bill -- if it passes -- will not be conferenced or compromised with the more expansive House bill -- which they all get a chance to vote on again anyway. Even the lefty St. Petersburg (that's Florida, not Russia) Times ran a story about it under the headline, "Nelson makes unusual request for bill." We guess so.
So in the interest of Sen. Bill Nelson's continuing education (we don't want anyone to confuse him with Sen. Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, who actually understands the legislative process), we present a link to this site that describes how a bill becomes law. See, one chamber passes their bill, the other chamber passes their bill and then -- see step "D" in the attached link -- it goes to Conference to work out the differences. For 200+ years it has worked this way even though for 200+ years, every sponsor of every bill would like to have their bill become law just the way they wrote it. Would that it were so.
Welcome to the world of legislation, Sen. Nelson. Welcome to the world of compromise.
Go here if you want to drop him a note:
http://billnelson.senate.gov/contact/
Posted by Pat Cleary at July 26, 2006 07:52 AM
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act:
http://blog.nam.org/archives/2006/07/welcome_the_gul.php
Bill Nelson's unusual request:
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/07/24/Worldandnation/Nelson_makes_unusual_.shtml
Civics 101: How a Bill becomes a Law:
http://www.vote-smart.org/resource_govt101_02.php
Cuba is drilling 60 miles off the coast for oil. God forbid we tap into our own resources.
'Two Faced" Nelson taken to task for his obstruction of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act.....which was passed by the Senate.
I wish the GOP had fielded a decent candidate to run against this idiot.
I wish conservaives on Free Republic would support the conservative Congresswoman who had the guts to take on this idiot when no one else would!
conservaives = conservatives
I was against Harris from the beginning. She had way too many negatives going against her. She should have stayed with her safe House seat.
Here's hoping Retired Chemist is proven wrong and Katherine Harris is elected the next senator from Florida. She's been counted down and out how many times now? If GOD is backing her against janus-faced bill nelson, then remember : GOD is in the miracles business.
So you will vote for Bill Nelson......????
It looks like we have a new "lapdog" joining the old gang of carrying water for the "ass-naut" cadet bill nelson!??!
Now here we have another anti-Kathrine Harris statement from the dim's chairman howeird deaniac that some of you can get an orgasm over, and panting about:.....
Howard Dean compares Katherine Harris to Stalin during stop in WPB By Josh Hafenbrack South Florida Sun-Sentinel Posted July 26 2006, 5:20 PM EDT West Palm Beach -- Democrat leader Howard Dean called the Iraqi prime minister an "anti-Semite" during an address before party loyalists on Wednesday, drawing a swift rebuke from Republicans. The Democratic National Committee chairman also called Republican Senate candidate Katherine Harris a "crook" and compared her to Stalin.
AS a conressman, Bill Nelson bumped a REAL astronaut so as to get his skinny ass onboard a space shuttle because HE represented the Space Coast. A life-time career of hard work and dreaming of being part of a space shuttle mission never happened to the REAL astronaut Nelson bumped. F^CK him!
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