H.R.2454

[Repeal The 17th]

H.R.2454 Title: To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence,
reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.

Sponsor: Rep Waxman, Henry A.

Written by Butch Porter - National Chairman of the ACP Saturday, 27 June 2009

The absolute largest tax increase in the History of our Republic,
coupled with an easily corruptible "trading" system which will
further politicize and relinquish control of our industrial sector
in the hands of over a DOZEN different Federal Regulatory agencies.
For: 219
Democrat: 211
Republican: 8

Against: 212
Democrat: 44
Republican: 168

EIGHT REPUBLICANS SOLD OUT YOUR FUTURE:
* Reichert-Washington--8th District
* Bono-California--45th District
* Castle-Delaware--
* Kirk-Illinois--10th District
* Lance-New Jersey--7th District
* LoBiondo-New Jersey--2nd District
* McHugh-New York--23rd District
* Smith-New Jersey--4th District

But let’s not forget the sane (43) Democrats who voted against the bill:
* Altmire-Pennsylvania
* Arcuri-New York
* Barrow-Georgia
* Berry-Arkansas
* Boren-Oklahoma
* Bright-Alabama
* Carney-Pennsylvania
* Childers-Mississippi
* Costa-California
* Costello-Illinois
* Dahlkemper-Pennsylvania
* Davis-Alabama
* Davis-Tennessee
* DeFazio-Oregon
* Donnelly-Indiana
* Edwards-Texas
* Ellsworth-Indiana
* Foster-Illinois
* Griffith-Alabama
* Herseth Sandlin-South Dakota
* Holden-Pennsylvania
* Kirkpatrick-Arizona
* Kissell-North Carolina
* Kucinich-Ohio
* Marshall-Georgia
* Massa-New York
* Matheson-Utah
* McIntyre-North Carolina
* Melancon-Louisiana
* Minnick-Idaho
* Mitchell-Arizona
* Mollohan-West Virginia
* Ortiz-Texas
* Pomeroy-North Dakota
* Rahall-West Virginia
* Rodriguez-Texas
* Ross-Arkansas
* Salazar-Colorado
* Stark-California
* Tanner-Tennessee
* Taylor-Mississippi
* Visclosky-Indiana
* Wilson-Ohio

[BigSkyFreeper]

I guess we don’t link articles anymore?

[mylife]

So.. The entire state of Texas voted against this travesty.

Time to secede and cut off all energy to the rest of yall

[counterpunch]

John Boner failed as a leader.
His ill-conceived filibuster failed.
In the end, he could get his own members behind him, yet again.

The House GOP is faceless and leaderless with Boner as its face and leader.
Boner is more Bob Dole than Newt Gingrich.
It’s time for new leadership in the GOP.
Someone who can be the public face of the GOP, and galvanize opposition to the 0bama agenda.

I think that person is Mike Pence.
Any objections?

[sockmonkey]

So.. The entire state of Texas voted against this travesty.

No, the entire state of TX did not vote against this travesty. All Republicans in TX voted against it, and some Democrats, but I know Doggett, Gonzalez, Cuellar & others voted for it.

[Repeal The 17th]

“...I guess we don’t link articles anymore?...”
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I am just so pi$$ed off
that’s all.

[mylife]

I still say its time to secede.

[rvoitier]

OpenCongress Summary:
UPDATE: The House of Representatives is now debating this legislation under H.R. 2998.

[Faith]

Kucinich voted NO? Amazing.

[Repeal The 17th]

“...Time to secede...”
-
Tried that once...
Didn’t turn out too well...

[mylife]

Well this fiasco on the hill aint working out real well either.

[shankbear]

I will second that emotion...

[shankbear]

Yawn

[Repeal The 17th]

You say jump and I am with you.

[mylife]

I don’t recognize what this country has become.

[counterpunch]

You must have just finished watching John Boner too...

[BigSkyFreeper]

I am just so pi$$ed off

Get in line.

[MHGinTN]

And here’s yet another example.

[tbpiper]

John Boner failed as a leader.

Yeah and Colonel Travis was a failure too.

BTW, it's Boehner. Your spelling is either atrocious or juvenile.

[mylife]

Meeting at the old cotton gin at midnight ;)

[US Navy Vet]

DeFazio-Oregon voted no WOW wonders will never cease.

[FrdmLvr]

Not drastic enough for the fringe.

[Don Corleone]

Copy out the names...dump 'em all at the first opportunity.

These people are TRAITORS to the dream of the Founding Fathers.

Millions have died in defense of those dreams, millions more may have to in order to renew them!

[crazyhorse691]

DeFazio-Oregon

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By no stretch of definition is DeFazio sane...I am sure he voted against it because it didn’t go far enough reining in that pesky carbon.

[mrvirgo]

Question: Isn’t this a hollow victory since the Senate will never pass this atrocity? Other than showing their true colors in the House what else did the passage accomplish?

[shankbear]

NO. I do not fault him. I simply fault the 8 that voted YES. He does not control them. Their voters must control them and slam their a$$es out of office.

[zebrahead]

It’s unbelievable. The rep for my district, the supposedly conservative Steve Driehaus, voted for cap and trade when even a lunatic like Kucinich could see that this was bad for his constituents.

[counterpunch]

So I left out an eh...
That about sums it up.
 

[counterpunch]

Except that Republicans have seen an unprecedented string of defeats since Boehner took over as Republican leader in the House.
It isn't just about today. It's about the last 3 years.
Republicans have been rudderless and leaderless since.
 

[ArmyBratproud]

DONT FOR A MINUTE TRY AND COME OUT AND DEFEND TEXAS DEMOCRATS. THEY WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR IT HAD THEY NOT HAD TO FACE ANY MUSIC. THEY ARE ALL COMMIE MINDED FREAKS.

CHET EDWARDS IS THE WORST. TALKS MODERATE AND VOTES LIBERAL.

KEEP IN MIND THAT EVERY TEXAS DEM ENDORSED OBAMA AND ENDORSED AND VOTED FOR PELOSI AS SPEAKER.

SO THEY ARE AS MUCH TO BLAME FOR THIS AS THE 8 REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED FOR IT.

I GET SO SICK OF TEXANS, ESPECIALLY ONES IN WACO, WHO GET SUCKERED IN BY DEMS.

THE RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, DEMS BLOCKED VOTER ID. NOW ILLEGALS WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE AND STEAL ELECTIONS.

WISE UP MY FELLOW TEXANS.

[shankbear]

We can agree to disagree. We have to unite and defeat the leftists. Revolution is screaming from the wings.

[mylife]

Whoaa Simmer down fella.

[alstewartfan]

Defazio is the only Democrat who is his own person in this group. The rest were given cover, and should get ZERO credit for their NO vote. Like our own phony Chris Carney in NE Pa. Bob

[crazyhorse691]

Question: Isn’t this a hollow victory since the Senate will never pass this atrocity?

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Hope for the best...prepare for the worst. No guarantees when politicians get together...other than it costing taxpayers more.

[Principled]

what’s the deal changing bill numbers?

more funny business?

[counterpunch]

But how can we unite when we have no one to lead?
We need someone with charisma and intellect and passion to get behind.

Boehner doesn't seem interested in being the face of the GOP.
He doesn't get out there and talk to the American people, and on the rare occasion that he does, he lacks passion. Like I said, he's more Bob Dole than Newt Gingrich.

Everytime I see Mike Pence talk, I think to myself, "now there's a Republican leader."
I don't get that sense when I see Boehner. I just think, "eh."

I also see leaders who need to be out there more when I see Paul Ryan, Tom McClintock, and Thad McCotter.
 

[SgtBob]

C’mon! John Boner is a swipe, just like katrinaMary Landrieu.

The Minority Leader should read the entire bill, H.R.2454; he should have had his fellow repubes take his slack, and fillibuster this POS. I should still be watching this on C-Span.

[Achilles Heel]

I liked Tom Tancredo who hailed from CO, but he isn’t involved now.I don’t see anyone in CA as a leader. Certainly Sanford won’t be acceptable (although Clinton prevailed, and so did Newsom and Villagarosa in CA).
Sonny Perdue in GA is popular. Newt is passe for the younger voters who we need to get more of; I don’t like Crist in FL. Eric Cantor and Bobby Jindal are ok. We need a more dynamic RNC head.

[sockmonkey]

*** I still say it’s time to secede. ***

Well, before you do, please call your state legislator and tell him to vote no in the Special Session where our Governor is going to try to push through the toll roads thing again.
Scroll down to the 2nd article:
http://texasturf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=679&Itemid=1

Governor Perry’s Proclamation here:
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/proclamation/12758/

[death2tyrants]

He doesn't get out there and talk to the American people

I was watching him on CSPAN and I thought he did well. The MSM has no interest in interviewing him and Fox News is too busy covering topics like Michael Jackson.

[mylife]

Perry Pisses me off.

[savage woman]

Who was the other Dem, it only showed 43? Not that it really matters, because the bottom line is they are all for it....I think they flip coins before the actual vote: Should it be 219 to 212 or 217 to 214 or 216 to 215, then the flip for who’s going to surprise everyone....and then they LOL

[sergeantdave]

“..Time to secede...”
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Tried that once...
Didn’t turn out too well.

Sorry, I’m tired of that unthinking 10th grade high school response.

If you think the liberal northeast can raise an army to stop secession, tell us the names of the generals who will call out the troops and where they will be mustered from.

And don’t tell me they’ll be recruited from the 101st Airborne and 1st Mardiv.

[counterpunch]

Tom McClintock is from CA, and he is among the best there is.
He’s new to DC this year, though.
Newt isn’t passe, he has a higher profile now than he did 10 years ago.
We can’t fall into this trap about trying to guess who would be “hip to the kids.”

Mike Pence is the glaringly obvious person to be leader for House Republicans.

[Achilles Heel]

money talks—ads, airtime, community protests, radio talk hosts talking about them (8 Rinos) on a daily basis, RNC warned to try and oust them, etc.or no donations. Also, billboards!

[Achilles Heel]

I will check out Pence, but my comments on Newt stand—I met him also. We do need to keep and attract younger voters. I still think there is a void.

[counterpunch]

He did alright when he did his ‘filibuster’, but he was still ineffective and still didn’t stop the Cap’n Tax from passing.

If he had been out in front of this all along, perhaps he could have cultivated the sort of opposition Republicans needed to stop it.
But I don’t think he has the charisma necessary to move an issue.
When he talks, people just go ‘eh.’
He really puts the ‘eh’ in Boehner.

[counterpunch]

I think Newt is just as capable as anyone to attract younger voters.
But that is on the presidential level in 2012.
What we need to be focusing on right now is new effective Republican leadership in the House right now.

Perhaps the Senate, too.
But that comes later.

[counterpunch]

The MSM has no interest in interviewing him

Of course they don't.
Boehner has no personality.
He has the charisma of tofu.
Any news outlet that interviewed him would see their rating crater for that segment.
Watching Boehner talk is like watching paint dry.

If the GOP had a more electrifying leader, they would not have any problem getting media attention.
Newt Gingrich never had problem getting the media, and America, to tune in.
That is how the GOP won so many battles throughout the 1990s.
Boehner is more Bob Dole than Newt Gingrich.
 

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !