Be Ever Vigilant!
Posted on 03/15/2006 1:30:16 PM PST by Pukin Dog
Under the radar screen, the Senate has marked up the 07 budget to include ANRW drilling. There is a vote tonight in the Senate starting around 5pm eastern time on a measure by Maria Cantwell to remove ANRW from the budget. This time it should pass in the Senate before moving on to the House.
All you folks who thought the matter was dead were not paying attention. ANWR is alive and well, and starting tonight, we are one step closer to soaking those Caribou in crude oil. (that is a joke for the humorless among us)
Drill, baby. DRILL!!
No, was it approprately vicious?
This is unclear to me... which should pass? The measure to remove ANWR from the Budget or ...?
But it ain't a moose!
They look terribly worried, can't you tell by the wrinkles in their foreheads?
How can anybody in the lower 48 work up enough of a damn to oppose ANWR drilling? I have no idea! The only people who should be opposed are Alaskans and they're all for it.
I dunno. Might have something to do with the House, too. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-14-gop-tax-cuts_x.htm
Other good places to check RINO plans are http://www.republicanmainstreet.org/, and Google of "House Tuesday Group."
Thanks....I cannot imagine ONE thing that the GOPers in Congress could do that would make President Bush MORE mad...than not making these tax cuts permanent.
It is time for President Bush to make a trip to the Capitol...if this is true.
The problem was not with the Senate this time. It was the 24 Republican House members who refused to let it pass. The Republicans take turns in the House and Senate stalling the drilling in ANWAR, while we are paying 2.32/gal in Texas for gas. Shame on creeps like Sensenbrenner and others who derailed ANWAR in the House and will probably keep it out of the conference bill with the Senate.
Instead of the SOROS Republicans in the Senate killing it, the SOROS Republicans killed it when Delay was gotton rid of.
I'm still convinced the SOROS Republicans in both legislative bodies worked together to engineer that result.
Until it passed both bodies I won't hold my breath.
Get that Alaska crude rolling.
I just heard Frist say that there will be no more votes today...what happened?
Oh, I can. Most of the cuts are in place for a few more years - unless Congress votes to REVERSE them.
The table below is from the article I linked above. Pretty funny the phrae "set to expire" when most of them don't (expire) until the year 2011.
Tax cuts set to expireTax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 begin to expire this year and in 2009, with the bulk of them sunsetting in 2011. Here's what will happen unless Congress extends them:
Provision - Reduction - Expiration
Individual income tax rates
Top four rates reduced beginning in 2001. Today's rates are 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33% and 35%. In 2011, rates are scheduled to revert to 15%, 28%, 31%, 36% and 39.6%. 10% bracket Bottom bracket created in 2001. Now applies to first $7,550 of income for individuals, $15,100 for couples. It is indexed for inflation. It would be eliminated in 2011.Marriage penalty
Tax rates and deductions were changed so that married couples pay no more than they would if they filed as individuals. In 2011, many married couples again would pay more than they would pay as individuals.Child credit
Credit for children younger than 17 increased from $500 to $600 in 2001 and 2002, and to $1,000 in 2005 through 2010. It goes back to $500 in 2011.Estate tax
Top rate gradually reduced from 55% in 2001 to 45% in 2007; exemption gradually increased from $675,000 to $3.5 million in 2009; tax eliminated in 2010. In 2011, tax reinstated with top rate of 60% and $1 million exemption.Capital gains
Rates reduced from 10% and 20% to 5% and 15% in 2003; 5% rate, paid by those in lower tax brackets, reduced to zero in 2008. In 2009, rates revert to 10% and 20%.Dividends
Rates reduced from standard income tax rates to 5% and 15% in 2003. Tax eliminated for those in lower tax brackets in 2008. In 2009, rates revert to standard income tax rates.Alternative minimum tax
Exemption increased to $40,250 for individuals, $58,000 for couples. In 2006, exemption reverts to $33,750 for individuals, $45,000 for couples.http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-14-gop-tax-cuts_x.htm
-bump-
Senate is done with roll call votes for the day.
Be Ever Vigilant!
I like it!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.