Democrats Pass Sham Energy Bill

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[gaggs]

Well the Democrats continue to screw the American people. As usual, under the cover of darkness, they passed their "Hoax" Energy Bill (H.R. 6899). The bill passed 236-189 despite the objections of Republicans who said it would do little to boost offshore oil and gas production.

Evaluation: Democrats Pass Sham Energy Bill

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[Tennessee Nana]

Is this the Gang of 10-16-20 Bill ????

A Corker operative was in my town last night selling the Gang’s “compromise”

Quote “does NOT include drilling in ANWR”

[webrover]

It puts the development of huge amounts of natural resources off limits, permanently. It's a national suicide bill. Any GOP who supported this is no friend.

[Red_Devil 232]

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 599(Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined)
      H R 6899      RECORDED VOTE      16-Sep-2008      10:04 PM
      QUESTION:  On Passage
      BILL TITLE: Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act

	Ayes	Noes	PRES	NV
Democratic	221	13		1
Republican	15	176		8
Independent
TOTALS	236	189		9

---- AYES    236 ---

Abercrombie Ackerman Allen Altmire Andrews Arcuri Baca Baird Baldwin Bean Becerra Berkley Berman Berry Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Blumenauer Boren Boswell Boucher Boyd (FL) Boyda (KS) Brady (PA) Braley (IA) Brown, Corrine Buchanan Butterfield Capuano Cardoza Carnahan Carney Carson Castle Castor Chandler Childers Clarke Clay Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conyers Cooper Costa Costello Courtney Cramer Crowley Cuellar Cummings Davis (AL) Davis (CA) Davis (IL) Davis, Lincoln DeFazio DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dicks Dingell Doggett Donnelly Doyle Edwards (MD) Edwards (TX) Ellison Ellsworth Emanuel Engel Eshoo Etheridge Fattah Foster Frank (MA) Giffords Gilchrest Gillibrand Gonzalez Gordon

Green, Al Green, Gene Grijalva Gutierrez Hall (NY) Hare Harman Hastings (FL) Hayes Herseth Sandlin Higgins Hill Hinchey Hinojosa Hirono Hodes Holden Honda Hooley Hoyer Inglis (SC) Inslee Israel Jackson (IL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Jefferson Johnson (GA) Johnson, E. B. Jones (NC) Kagen Kanjorski Kaptur Kennedy Kildee Kilpatrick Kind Kirk Klein (FL) Knollenberg Kucinich LaHood Langevin Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Lee Levin Lewis (GA) Lipinski LoBiondo Loebsack Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Lynch Mahoney (FL) Maloney (NY) Markey Matheson Matsui McCarthy (NY) McCollum (MN) McDermott McGovern McIntyre McNerney McNulty Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Melancon Michaud Miller (NC) Miller, George Mitchell Mollohan Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Murphy, Patrick Murtha

Nadler Napolitano Neal (MA) Oberstar Obey Olver Ortiz Pascrell Pastor Pelosi Perlmutter Peterson (MN) Pomeroy Porter Price (NC) Rahall Ramstad Rangel Reichert Reyes Richardson Rodriguez Ross Roybal-Allard Ruppersberger Rush Ryan (OH) Salazar Sánchez, Linda T. Sanchez, Loretta Sarbanes Schakowsky Schiff Schwartz Scott (GA) Scott (VA) Serrano Sestak Shays Shea-Porter Sherman Shuler Sires Skelton Slaughter Smith (NJ) Smith (WA) Snyder Solis Space Speier Spratt Stark Stupak Sutton Tanner Tauscher Thompson (MS) Tierney Towns Tsongas Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Van Hollen Velázquez Visclosky Walz (MN) Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Watt Waxman Weiner Welch (VT) Wexler Wilson (OH) Wu Yarmuth

---- NOES    189 ---

Aderholt Akin Alexander Bachmann Bachus Barrett (SC) Barrow Bartlett (MD) Barton (TX) Biggert Bilbray Bilirakis Bishop (UT) Blackburn Blunt Boehner Bonner Bono Mack Boozman Boustany Broun (GA) Brown (SC) Brown-Waite, Ginny Burgess Burton (IN) Buyer Calvert Camp (MI) Campbell (CA) Cannon Cantor Capito Capps Carter Cazayoux Chabot Coble Cole (OK) Conaway Crenshaw Culberson Davis (KY) Davis, David Davis, Tom Deal (GA) Dent Diaz-Balart, L. Diaz-Balart, M. Doolittle Drake Duncan Emerson English (PA) Everett Fallin Farr Feeney Ferguson Filner Flake Forbes Fortenberry Fossella

Foxx Franks (AZ) Frelinghuysen Gallegly Garrett (NJ) Gerlach Gingrey Gohmert Goode Goodlatte Granger Graves Hall (TX) Hastings (WA) Heller Hensarling Herger Hobson Hoekstra Holt Hulshof Hunter Issa Johnson (IL) Johnson, Sam Jordan Keller King (IA) King (NY) Kingston Kline (MN) Kuhl (NY) Lamborn Latham LaTourette Latta Lewis (CA) Lewis (KY) Linder Lucas Lungren, Daniel E. Mack Manzullo Marchant Marshall McCarthy (CA) McCaul (TX) McCotter McCrery McHenry McHugh McKeon McMorris Rodgers Mica Miller (FL) Miller (MI) Miller, Gary Moran (KS) Murphy, Tim Musgrave Myrick Nunes Pallone

Payne Pearce Pence Peterson (PA) Petri Pickering Platts Poe Price (GA) Pryce (OH) Putnam Radanovich Regula Rehberg Renzi Reynolds Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rogers (MI) Rohrabacher Ros-Lehtinen Roskam Rothman Royce Ryan (WI) Sali Saxton Scalise Schmidt Sensenbrenner Sessions Shadegg Shimkus Shuster Simpson Smith (NE) Smith (TX) Souder Stearns Sullivan Tancredo Taylor Terry Thompson (CA) Thornberry Tiahrt Tiberi Turner Upton Walden (OR) Walsh (NY) Wamp Weldon (FL) Weller Westmoreland Whitfield (KY) Wilson (NM) Wilson (SC) Wittman (VA) Wolf Woolsey Young (AK) Young (FL)

---- NOT VOTING    9 ---

Brady (TX) Cubin Dreier

Ehlers Lampson Neugebauer

Paul Pitts Walberg

[gaggs]

I believe the Gang of 10-16-20 Bill is Senate sponsored.

[Red Steel]

Not veto proof losers.

[mathluv]

I see Louie Gohmert voted ‘no’. He was one of the original congressmen to stay during the August ‘break’.

[Red_Devil 232]

Bush has said he would VETO this bill! He had better!

[Kackikat]

Doesn’t the offshore drilling ban end soon, and this bill totally unnecessay? This should not be signed, WE NEED TO WRITE AND ASK PRESIDENT TO VETO, AND TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE SHOWING HOW THE DEM CONGRESS IS RAPING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE....88% OF OFFSHORE OIL IS WITHIN THE 50 MILES TO SHORE. WHAT A BUNCH OF LOSERS AND CHEATERS...

[Red Steel]

Doesn’t the offshore drilling ban end soon, and this bill totally unnecessay?

In 14 days.

[gaggs]

14 of the longest days in American history!

[Kackikat]

Then all they need to do is stall until it lapses. As President Bush should announce to the people that the Demcocrats love Americans so much they have decided to deceive, lie and perpetrate a theft of passing a SHAM BILL to cheat the public out of the 88% of oil that lies within 50 miles of shoreline.

[doodad]

Is there a list broken down by state? I plan to be busy this morning.

[Redleg Duke]

Here in New Hampshire, it is easy, our two Communist reps voted for the bill. Now they will trumpet how they voted for energy independence.

[gaggs]

They voted for energy independence. That is exactly what they want to say!

[Bishop_Malachi]

Here's the response I got back from my correspondence with Sen. Saxby Chambliss. I requested that he vote against the Senate bill. Here's the response:

Dear Mr. xxxxxxx :

Thank you for your recent correspondence regarding energy and the New Energy Reform Act of 2008 . I appreciate hearing from you. I have also included a myth vs. fact sheet to dispel any inaccurate information.

As I am sure you know, I recently formed a bipartisan energy working group to craft legislation to address our current energy crisis. We came together because we all believe this issue is too important to fall victim to political games. I believe that Congress can not sit idle while Georgia families and businesses continue to suffer as a result of the escalating high cost of energy.

I fully support offshore drilling and believe we must utilize all of our domestic resources. Additional oil exploration and increased refining capacity here in the United States will continue to receive my support. It is important that we utilize the resources here in this country whether that includes oil in Alaska , the Outer Continental Shelf, or any of our oil sands or shales.

On Friday, August 1, 2008, the group unveiled the "New Energy Reform Act of 2008" (New ERA 2008). This comprehensive bipartisan energy plan focuses on increased domestic production, increased energy efficiency, and improved conservation in order to reduce the price of gas and secure our energy future.

The New Energy Reform Act of 2008 has three main components: first, targeted, responsible domestic production of energy resources ; second, a robust federal commitment to conservation and energy efficiency; and third, an intensive effort to transition America 's vehicles to non-petroleum based fuels .

To help meet our energy needs, this bill would increase the amount of federal land that is open to oil and natural gas exploration. This would include opening the eastern Gulf of Mexico for production in a manner that is consistent with national security and our military training that occurs there. It would also allow the States of Georgia, North Carolina , South Carolina , and Virginia to opt in for drilling off their shores, while establishing a 50-mile coastal buffer zone for Florida , Georgia , North Carolina , South Carolina , and Virginia where new oil production is not allowed.

To ease gas prices and protect our environment during the transition, the proposal includes a significant federal commitment to promoting conservation and efficiency. This includes extending renewable energy, carbon mitigation, and energy conservation and efficiency tax incentives, including the production tax credit, through 2012. Furthermore, it would extend and expand the $2,500 tax credit for hybrid electric vehicles. These tax credits will lead Americans to obtain highly fuel efficient vehicles by making them more affordable. These efforts will also provide the stability needed for the renewable energy industry.

The New ERA legislation funds a $20 billion "Apollo Project" like effort to support the goal of transitioning 85% of America 's new motor vehicles to non- petroleum-based fuels within 20 years. This will include $7.5 billion for the research and development of advanced batteries and other major technological barriers to alternative fuel vehicles. Another $7.5 billion will help U.S. automakers and parts makers re-tool and re-equip to become the world leader in making alternative fuel vehicles. Reaching this goal will not only allow the United States to be free from our dependence on foreign oil, it will benefit our economy by energizing our domestic auto manufacturers.

I will continue to work to address this issue. If we put as much effort into finding a solution to the energy crisis as we do in blaming one political party or another, we can solve this problem.

I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues in a bipartisan manner to address this critical issue. As the Senate moves forward, I will review energy legislation in accordance with these principles, and I will keep your comments in mind.

If you would like to receive timely email alerts regarding the latest congressional actions and my weekly e-newsletter, please sign up via my web site at: www.chambliss.senate.gov . Please let me know whenever I may be of assistance.