Rockefeller Bill Would Gut the EPA -- (That's Jay Rockefeller/Dem)

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Competing GOP/Dem Bills Share Goal: 'Kill EPA Climate Rules'


Rockefeller Bill Would Gut the EPA

This morning the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the Upton-Inhofe bill (H.R. 910) on a largely party line vote of 34 to 19. The legislation attempts to overturn the EPA’s scientific finding that carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases endanger public health and welfare and thus require regulation. The NRDC's Pete Altman live blogged most of the markup. It will go to a full House vote some time in the next few weeks, where it is expected to pass easily. Meanwhile Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered the same bill as an amendment to an unrelated small business bill.

Now Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller has an alternate proposal which would delay EPA regulations for two years. The problem: his bill would have the same result as Inhofe's: it would kill EPA climate rules, as the eminent climate blogger Dave Roberts detailed at Grist.

The Senate is likely to vote down Inhofe's bill, Roberts explained. But Rockefeller's bill could get enough votes to pass. Obama would probably veto Inhofe's bill. But he might let Rockefeller's pass as a rider. So Rockefeller's bill has a better chance of getting through and is thus a far greater threat.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/159267/rockefeller-bill-would-gut-epa




The Rightwing Koch Bros. Funded the DLC --

http://www.democrats.com/node/7789

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x498414

If you knew about this, why didn't you tell us?

If you didn't know, pass it on -- !!

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[WhiteTara]

1. He's a coal whore n/t

[readmoreoften]

2. More DINOs! Yey! Be sure to vote for them!

They're "Better Than Palin {tm}"

[SoCalDem]

3. Senator Coal strikes again

:(

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8. Wait ... !!! Remember: "We have no where to go!" ... take that to heart!!

And we don't until we break out of this prison of downward spirals that the

two-party system has condemned us to!!

We need to pick up what's left of this party -- and draft someone like Sen. Bernie

Sanders for president -- he's a better dem than most Democrats and he can run on a

Dem ticket -- Sanders would attrack many Dems who have been staying home, including

those who stayed home in 2010 -- and he'd attract liberals from other third parties.


We need two strong anti-war candidates -- perhaps someone like Tom Hayden for VP.

But there are many dems around we can run -- just not those already inside the party,

pre-bribed and pre-owned by corporations!

Any civilian dem will do -- after all if W could be president, anyone can!!


Btw, Biden has been running around for more than a year now saying that Israel should

attack Iran -- that "Israel would be JUSTIFIED in attack Iran" -- !!


Drones over Pakistan aren't enough killing -- !!

[Drale]

4. Its rather Ironic that John Rockefeller Jr

was probably one of the greatest champions of the National Park system. He is rolling in his grave right now.

[xchrom]

5. Recommend

[bluesmail]

6. Don't you mean DLCer? No answer neccessary, eom

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7. DLC Ties to PNAC (Project for a New American Century ie the neocons)

2008 ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4498250&mesg_id=4498250

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9. And how is it that DU and DU'ers haven't know this ... ?

If they've known it, they certainly haven't acted as if they know it --

Thanks for getting the info out -- again!!


:)

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10. And remember that Obama identifies himself as a "New Dem" --

whatever that means --

Had I known that I would not have voted for him --

Obama did his best to separate himself from the DLC when he was running --

[slipslidingaway]

11. Tough question ...

and I do think some know it, let's say threads critical of the Dem party are not always encouraged.

:shrug: