Dems' "Energy" Bill Benefits Hugo Chavez, Does Nothing to Lower Gasoline Prices.......

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Dems' "Energy" Bill Benefits Hugo Chavez, Does Nothing to Lower Gasoline Prices for Middle Class Families No-Energy Bill Already Under Veto Threat Because of Needless Tax Hikes

Washington, Feb 27 - At a time when Americans face increasing costs of living, Democratic leaders are poised to give middle class families exactly what they don’t need: higher taxes and almost assuredly, even more expensive gasoline. The Democrats’ “no-energy bill” set to be debated on the House floor today would raise taxes on producers of American energy here at home, send good-paying jobs overseas, and further increase our dependence on foreign sources of energy because it doesn’t produce a single watt, barrel, or gallon of new domestic energy.

To make matters even worse, the bill does a favor for Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez by exempting his state-owned oil giant CITGO from the impact of the measure.

That’s right, Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez gets special treatment from House Democratic leaders. While Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) propose higher taxes for middle-class Americans and their families, they are giving one of the world’s most outrageous dictators tax breaks he doesn’t need or deserve.

This is the same dictator who is threatening to cut off Venezuelan energy supplies to the United States… The same dictator who is tight with the Castro regime in Cuba… And the same dictator who has said, “The Soviet Union collapsed. The United States empire is on the way down and it will be finished in the near future, for the good of all mankind.”

House Democratic leaders apparently believe these are reasons to reward Chavez, and today’s “no-energy” bill does just that – all at the expense of American workers and their families. In an op-ed on Townhall.com this morning, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) says the bill is exactly the wrong approach for America’s families:

“Republicans believe a balanced energy plan should boost supplies of American-made energy in all its forms. With 21st century technologies and the strictest standards in the world, we can and must produce more of our own energy right here at home and protect our environment at the same time. We can accomplish both of these important goals, but not by supporting reckless, Big Government tax hikes that jeopardize our energy future and endanger our economy. And not by doing favors for Hugo Chavez.”

In 2006, then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) made this election-year statement: “Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices.” More than a year later, gasoline prices have skyrocketed under Democratic control, increasing from a nationwide average of $2.33 per gallon on the day Rep. Pelosi became Speaker to $3.13 per gallon now. Is this the “new direction” that Democrats promised the American people?

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It would have been nice of Representative Boehner to actually include at least the name of the bill or its number.

I searched thomas.loc.gov, and there are a lot of bills at Thomas with the word "Energy" in them. For instance, there is the Senate Bill 666 "Oil Industry Tax Break Repeal Act of 2007", which is about the most absurd bill that I have seen in a while --- if enacted, it would actually increase the cost of gasoline, and the revenues from those tax hikes are to go to a "green fund" called the "Energy Trust Fund", which I would guess will simply be shipped to the U.N. to meet our commitments from Bali.

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I really wish people would vote the losers out. Too many paying attention to the shell game by the MSM.