He’s a bad choice, but he’s only one Congressman.
I want that damn ban on lightbulbs lifted. Upton shouldn’t be chairman of ANY committee.
Upton is, at his core, a RINO JUANnabie.
This is a symbolic matter. Upton is SO BAD that if he is given that job, it means that the leadership has learned NOTHING. And that they ALL need to be kicked out in the next election, starting at the top.
NO UPTON on the energy and commerce committee. On pain of a swift revolt by the base.
Thank you, Connie Hair, for making this clear.
WWDD.....what would the dems do? They would shuffle a pro-life Democrat off to Buffalo. He would get nothing, he would be skipped over for a “young bull” that would help move an agenda forward.
I read some of his work, this man has no business being in any kind of position to influence agenda.
I think John Boner needs to hear from us on this one.
PING!
Don’t forget that Bush signed that that 1997 assclown energy bill that took away your light bulbs.
Don’t forget that Bush signed that that 1997 assclown energy bill that took away your light bulbs.
Michigan has some positive history in redistricting.
Remember David Bonior?
We now own:
Governorship
State House
State Senate
Attorney General
Secretary of State
And the MI Supreme Ct.
Fred is dead, no worry.
http://republicans.resourcescommittee.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=215818
In Case You Missed It - CQ Weekly: A Burst of Energy For Natural Resources?
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 29, 2010 -
A Burst of Energy For Natural Resources?
By Margaret Kriz Hobson, CQ Staff
CQ Weekly
November 28, 2010
“Doc Hastings, a 69-year-old former paper executive from Washington state, has kept a low profile during his 16 years in the House, working on the lesser-known Rules and ethics committees and earning a reputation as a party loyalist. But as the 112th Congress prepares to convene, Hastings is stepping from the background into the spotlight as incoming chairman of the Natural Resources Committee. And his profile of late has been anything but low.”
...”The full House Republican Conference will vote on Hastings’ proposal to transfer authority for energy issues to the Resources panel in the coming weeks. And even if the Republicans don’t expand Hastings’ legislative reach, his unexpected and bold power grab signals that his mild-mannered days may be past and that he intends to put his stamp on federal energy policy.”...
They say that someone on Pelosi’s staff has been putting the roadblocks up to deny energy from biomass (forest undergrowth) as a qualified sutainable renewable form of energy. We have run into all sorts of legislative snags. We need Hastings to take over energy so that we can make progress on fuel reduction in western forests and harnessing of the biomass fr heat and energy. They are even on the cusp of implementing biofuel from cellulosic etahnol.
The good news is that Ehlers decided to retire instead of facing a primary against Justin Amash, a big improvement. The bad news is that Upton lost his primary to conservative Jack Hoogendyk.
Luckily for Upton, I'm in Tim Walberg's district instead.