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Clearly, our present Congress doesn't care AT ALL what the voter thinks. What do you think that means? Why would people who are voted into office not care what the voters think? Do they think we're stupid? Or, do they think it doesn't matter whether they could get elected again? Perhaps because they plan on getting while the getting is good?
What the hell is going on? It defies rational sense, does it not?
- Hey 53%, Happy Yet?
Oil slips as dollar gains, gasoline up for 34th straight day to $3.86 per gallonNEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of crude oil was stable Monday, dipping one cent to settle at US$112.28 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as the U.S. dollar pulled...
- Never Let A Good Crisis. . .
I'm not so cynical as to believe that Obama would allow the oil spill to deepen just to use it to push for climate change legislation. I'm not that cynical. The hell I ain't. Politico: Obama cites spill in climate pitch FREMONT, Calif. –...
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Time For a Photo, maybe some words and then head home to Chicago, skipping Arlington. . . ( "just plug the damn hole" he says) Newsmax: Under Fire, Obama Heads to Gulf Seeking Command of Oil Spill Crisis Tuesday, 25 May 2010 07:11 PM Article Font Size...
- Common Sense In America - Rasmussen: 59% Would Vote To Replace Entire Congress
Congress was front and center in the national news last week and the American people were far from impressed. If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, 59% of voters would like to throw them all out and start over again....
- People Are Going To Vote On One Issue, And Unknowingly It's National Security
Why don't I hear your campaign shrieking this to the high heavens Senator McCain? Reid, Pelosi ready to compromise Democrat leadership running scared on growing demand for oil WASHINGTON - Are the Democratic leaders in Congress nervous...
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Congress Set to Quadruple Oil Tax to Pay For Oil Spill
From Weasel Zippers:Clearly, our present Congress doesn't care AT ALL what the voter thinks. What do you think that means? Why would people who are voted into office not care what the voters think? Do they think we're stupid? Or, do they think it doesn't matter whether they could get elected again? Perhaps because they plan on getting while the getting is good?
What the hell is going on? It defies rational sense, does it not?
WASHINGTON (AP) – Responding to the massive BP oil spill, Congress is getting ready to quadruple—to 32 cents a barrel—a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups. The increase would raise nearly $11 billion over the next decade.
The tax is levied on oil produced in the U.S. or imported from foreign countries. The revenue goes to a fund managed by the Coast Guard to help pay to clean up spills in waterways, such as the Gulf of Mexico.
The House could vote on the bill as early as Tuesday. Senate leaders hope to complete work on it before Congress goes on a weeklong break next week.
Lawmakers want to increase the current 8-cent-a-barrel tax on oil to make sure there is enough money available to respond to oil spills. At least 6 million gallons of crude have spewed into the Gulf of Mexico since a drilling rig exploded April 20 off the Louisiana coast.
- Hey 53%, Happy Yet?
Oil slips as dollar gains, gasoline up for 34th straight day to $3.86 per gallonNEW YORK, N.Y. - The price of crude oil was stable Monday, dipping one cent to settle at US$112.28 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as the U.S. dollar pulled...
- Never Let A Good Crisis. . .
I'm not so cynical as to believe that Obama would allow the oil spill to deepen just to use it to push for climate change legislation. I'm not that cynical. The hell I ain't. Politico: Obama cites spill in climate pitch FREMONT, Calif. –...
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Time For a Photo, maybe some words and then head home to Chicago, skipping Arlington. . . ( "just plug the damn hole" he says) Newsmax: Under Fire, Obama Heads to Gulf Seeking Command of Oil Spill Crisis Tuesday, 25 May 2010 07:11 PM Article Font Size...
- Common Sense In America - Rasmussen: 59% Would Vote To Replace Entire Congress
Congress was front and center in the national news last week and the American people were far from impressed. If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, 59% of voters would like to throw them all out and start over again....
- People Are Going To Vote On One Issue, And Unknowingly It's National Security
Why don't I hear your campaign shrieking this to the high heavens Senator McCain? Reid, Pelosi ready to compromise Democrat leadership running scared on growing demand for oil WASHINGTON - Are the Democratic leaders in Congress nervous...