Posted on 04/27/2006 6:37:31 AM PDT by HOTTIEBOY
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Every American taxpayer would get a $100 rebate check to offset the pain of higher pump prices for gasoline, under an amendment Senate Republicans hope to bring to a vote Thursday.
However, the GOP energy package may face tough sledding because it also includes a controversial proposal to open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil exploration, which most Democrats and some moderate Republicans oppose.
Democrats are also expected to offer their own competing proposal, as members of both parties jockey for political position on the gas price issue.
The energy package, sponsored by Sens. Charles Grassley of Iowa, Ted Stevens of Alaska, Pete Domenici of New Mexico and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, will be offered as an amendment to an emergency spending measure now before the Senate funding the Iraq war and hurricane relief, according to a senior GOP leadership aide.
Under Senate rules, either the GOP amendment or the Democratic alternative would probably need 60 votes to pass, which is considered unlikely. However, the amendments would give senators a change to cast votes on measures designed to help constituents being hit by high gas prices.
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Typical (recent) impotent republican worthless response to a real problem.
JUST REPEAL THE DAMN FED TAXES ON GAS!
BU!! SH!t.
How about an energy policy that allows for drilling in Alaska, Florida and California Coasts.
How about a wind farm on Cape Cod.
The wind farm would never want for hot air to drive the blades coming from Murdering Ted Kennedy and all the full of gas elitists who live up that way.
Here's a prebate for you...
GIVE ME MY $100! (s/off)
P.S. We saw how well the $2,000 govt handout worked in New Orleans, right?
And these are the Republicans?
$100 dollars? I suppose they'll make me declare that as taxable income too. They can stuff their $100 check.
I WANT MY $100!! WE WANT OUR $200!!(s/off)
The only taxpayesr who get rebates should be none, but if they insist the rebates should be made to registered vehicle owners.
Persons who don't use a POV get no gas tax rebate.
The vehicle gets the money.
A$$ clowns on parade.
Come on Sens. Kerry, Reid, Clinton and Kennedy. You can do it. Let's see a higher bid!
WE WANT OUR $200!!
In fairness, most of them do pay payroll taxes.
I have a car but drive less than 200 miles a month, so it would still be a freebie for me. On purely selfish grounds I should support this, but I just can't tolerate such economic idiocy.
How stupid is Frist for even proposing it? UNBELIEVABLE.
This $100 credit is STUPID!!! Let the libs walk or stay home and starve to death for all I care.
Drill for the damn oil any and every place in the USA that it exists.
Build as many new refineries that we need. Start building the Nuke plants and put windmills in kennedys yard.
Scream, insist, demand and order the development of new renewable emergency sources.
Declare a national emergency for all of the above and put anyone that fights it in jail.
We can do this the nice way or the hard way, but we need to QUICKLY become a country that is no longer dependant on others for our energy needs.
NO more politics, games and excuses over this.......just get the job done!!!
With the global economic/military/geopolitical reperscussions of our dependence on foreign oil...
THEY COME UP WITH THIS CRAP ($100 rebate) INSTEAD?
Unbelievable, absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!
Hey, Congresscats ... never mind the silly $100 to try to buy votes.
Instead, do something really long-lasting and worthwohile by passing the FairTax and helping boost our economy in a truly substantial fashion - and get us out from under the income tax police.
... or at all, more like!!!
Nope, Robbie - not a prebate. But that's an illustration of your truly massive lack of knowledge about the matter.
... but not to worry, it will never happen anyway. It's all for a bit of face time and ink time for the pols.
Got that??? Won't happen and isn't real, but a sham!
Oh true, and sales taxes and property taxes and probably many other kinds. It still gets back to what kind of taxes are they talking about. I just assumed that it was income taxes.
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