[CT CONSERVATIVE]

Jerry Nadler (D-NY) is the roadblock. Course he'd block many roads but...

[LibertarianInExile]

Ethanol is a porkbarrel joke.

Biodiesel, on the other hand, makes sense...if we can make enough of it.

[gridlock]

The Congress should act to remove any federal mandate for "Boutique Fuels", special formulations for individual states or municipalities, which greatly complicates the problems of refining and supply, increasing the cost of fuel for everybody. The sad thing is that these special fuels do little or nothing to prevent pollution, and actually cause more damage to the environment because they are spiked with all sorts of toxic additives that find their way into the groundwater or streams.

The sad story of Boutique Fuels is a classic example of policymaking gone awry. And rather than admit the error, Congress is insisting that we all poison ourselves, and spend a extra 20 cents a gallon for the priviledge.

[Redcloak]

Who's Dennis Hastert?

[Prophet in the wilderness]

This energy bill would have been passed years ago if it were a Democrat President, and Congress in office.
All of the obstruction and blocking energy bills, and legislation , nominations, are the democrats was of not letting the Republicans look good, and they think, that if they stop the Republicans look good, that they will win more votes in the next election , but, on the contrary, this will only backfire on the Democrats.
The Democrats are causing the American public to suffer for their immature partisan politics games, and in which, they will continue to lose elections.

[ServesURight]

Sorry, but any energy plan that relies heavily on alternative fuels is just more rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Hastert and other GOP Congressional critters are merely supporting the same energy status-quo that doesn't focus on increasing production.

He might as well have just re-read Carter's malaise speech....

[No-Compromise Conservative]

The United States has the world's largest coal reserves. Alberta, Canada and in parts of NW Canada there are oil reserves that rival those of the Middle East. There are also oil reserves off the coast of CA and Gulf of Mexico.

These people in Washington truly need to be flushed out due to their extreme stupidity and malfeasance.

[solo gringo]

The good people of S.D. fired one of the road blocks"Daschle" and the rest of us should fire as many of the road blocks in 06 as possible
The Democrats are a bunch of thugs that say do it my way or else and the else cost every one of us big bucks we could use to pay for health care or other family needs.It is time to sweep the floors of our government clean and get rid of the socialist/communist or Democrats what ever they call them selves they are all the same.

[tkathy]

Alternative fuels, if nothing else, would stop sending billions to fuel islamofascism.