TP: House GOP Says ‘So Be It’ To Taxpayers, Votes Unanimously to Protect Big Oil Subsidies

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House GOP Says ‘So Be It’ To Taxpayers, Votes Unanimously to Protect Big Oil Subsidies

By Josh Dorner on Mar 1st, 2011 at 4:45 pm



House Republicans voted in lockstep this afternoon to protect corporate welfare for Big Oil, even as they call for draconian cuts to programs that everyday Americans depend on each day. As the House of Representatives moved toward approving a stopgap resolution to avert a government shutdown for another two weeks, Democrats offered a motion to recommit that would have stripped the five largest oil companies of taxpayer subsidies, saving tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer funds. The motion failed on a vote of 176-249, with all Republicans voting against (approximately a dozen Democrats joined the GOP). A similar vote two weeks ago to recoup $53 billion in taxpayer funds from Big Oil was also voted down, largely along party lines. The former CEO of Shell Oil, John Hoffmeister, recently said Big Oil doesn’t need subsidies “in face of sustained high oil prices.” From 2005 to 2009, the largest oil companies have made a combined $485 billion in profits.

[Historic NY]

1. Were at 4.00 per gallon and the GOP doesn't feel the pain.

[StarsInHerHair]

2. then someone needs to continuously slip into every bill a line that will remove

oil welfare.........it can rotate, whoever puts it in....& where are those secret holds? might come in handy with these draconian, extreme budget cutting

[flpoljunkie]

3. Yes, because motions to recommit by the minority party rarely, if ever, succeed

[StarsInHerHair]

4. & yet the atmosphere has changed, what's at stake is increasingly apparent

I'm not much for rolling over & doing nothing