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While all of the attention lately has been paid to Obamacare it is important to note that Cap and Trade is not dead, but of course it should be. Today The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) unveiled a comprehensive study on the impact of The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, also known as the Waxman-Markey Bill (HR 2454) or Cap and Tax. As a reminder the bill passed the House of Representatives by a slim margin (219-212) earlier this summer without reading it. And the Senate is expected to...

Maybe this is why Congressman Waxman had to be rushed to the hospital today. A new poll released by Rasmussen today, reflected how far out of touch the Democratic majority is with America's Voters. Over half of voters say the number one goal of any energy policy should be to keep energy costs low. 56% say that they should not pay one penny more, either in taxes or higher fuel costs, to fight global warming. In fact America is not even convinced that Global Warming is man made. For those of you who have read the Cap and Trade bill...

America is speaking out, but will the government listen? In a Rasmussen Poll released today, only 19% of US voters feel that the unread bill that passed the house on Friday will help the economy. Guess the people aren't drinking the Presidential Kool-aid about the bill producing jobs because 42% feel the Cap-and-Tax bill will hurt the economy. In fact the only ones who support, believe in the global warming measures are those who Identify themselves as democrats. The force feeding of Cap and Trade may be having an effect on the Presidents ratings, because Rasmussen also reports Obama's approval...

This past February, in a stunning disregard of their fiduciary responsibilities to the American People, the Congress voted on a stimulus bill that they hadn't read. This one bill that singlehandedly increased the national debt by 160%. The bill was over 800 pages, and the members of the House received the bill at 11 pm the night before they were to vote on it. The vote couldn't be delayed because Nancy Pelosi was going on vacation to Italy. Nancy Pelosi is about to do it again, she has scheduled a vote on the 800+ page bill and while there is...