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Sen. Flake Cosponsors Legislation to Eliminate Corn Ethanol Mandate
Senator Flake ^ | Dec 12 2013

Posted on 03/18/2015 3:39:38 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal

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Jeff Flake would rather spend 6 Trillion on amnesty for illegals than give 100 Billion to a few corn farmers.

Both are not ideal but stopping the amnesty is a priority.

The cosponsors are all liberals and RINOs who want an easy vote. Risch is the only conservative.

"The bill is also cosponsored by Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC), Susan Collins (R-ME), Bob Corker, (R-TN), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jim Risch (R-ID) and Patrick Toomey (R-PA)."

1 posted on 03/18/2015 3:39:38 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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They are all non corn producing states.


2 posted on 03/18/2015 3:44:56 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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I’m good with them getting rid of the Corn Ethanol Mandate.


3 posted on 03/18/2015 3:45:36 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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“Jeff Flake would rather spend 6 Trillion on amnesty for illegals than give 100 Billion to a few corn farmers.
Both are not ideal but stopping the amnesty is a priority. “

Yes, but both are wrong. Alcohol made from corn does not belong in fuel for numerous reasons most freepers know. And we should not be spending any money on illegals. Flake is a flake, turned into one in no time.

4 posted on 03/18/2015 3:46:25 PM PDT by Fungi (Evolution is piece by piece over billions of years. At what point did a precursor become a human?)
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Watch out it’s not a fake bill in the sense that I’m not sure there is a CORN ethanol mandate. If ANY ethanol mandate remains, it will be even more expensive without corn.


5 posted on 03/18/2015 3:48:22 PM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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The article is from Dec 2013.


6 posted on 03/18/2015 3:48:27 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Normally when the liberals and the RINOS co-sponsor a bill it is BOHICA time. In this case, they don’t see the corn farmers in flyover country as being worth subsidizing. I agree it is absurd and wasteful to subsidize “food” that will be consumed by your car. I hope for once they give us a break and remove the subsidy and they don’t then try to add something harmful in its place. I don’t trust them.


7 posted on 03/18/2015 3:50:28 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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I do think it’s better to get rid of as many mandates as possible, unless there’s other hidden items in the bill


8 posted on 03/18/2015 3:51:05 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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Sen. Flake Cosponsors Legislation

Who woke him up?

9 posted on 03/18/2015 3:51:41 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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WHAT??? The ethanol mandate is partially responsible for tens of millions of illegal invaders in our country because they can't farm corn in their own country.

You're right about the priority being illegal invaders, but continuing the ethanol mandate will only encourage millions more illegals to invade our cities, towns, and neighborhoods.

Kill the ethanol mandate, and you will stop hurting jobs in the long run, according to Governor Walker in 2006.

(But I guess it's all right to hurt jobs in the long run in 2015, huh, Governor Walker?)

10 posted on 03/18/2015 3:51:55 PM PDT by WIBamian (Cruz for President. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for Vice-President. True conservative heroes!)
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Good thing we didn’t hold our breath waiting for that to happen...


11 posted on 03/18/2015 3:52:38 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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Ask any lawnmower repair shop tech, Ethanol in gasoline ruins small engine carburetors. Using corn for ethanol production has pushed the corn price way up, thus the price of meat is now so high that it is unaffordable for many if not most. As well, it requires more BTU to produce one unit of ethanol than the BTU that unit of ethanol supplies. This is a lose lose for everybody, even the corn farmers because we all have to eat and buy gas.


12 posted on 03/18/2015 3:56:38 PM PDT by drypowder
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Corn needs to be produced for food. Its about the least efficient way to produce ethanol.

1 acre of Sorghum will produce about 800 gallons of ethanol where 1 acre of corn will produce around 441 gallons and you have to add a lot more nitrogen to corn crops than sweet sorghum.


13 posted on 03/18/2015 3:58:15 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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Grain sorghum (milo) is about identical to corn for ethanol production.


14 posted on 03/18/2015 4:02:01 PM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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Senate bill S. 1807, the Corn-Flake bill, is old news.


15 posted on 03/18/2015 4:05:57 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
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Do this right after all subsidies for “green” power goes away. In the scheme of things there is more waste there than in ethanol.


16 posted on 03/18/2015 4:06:20 PM PDT by vpintheak (Call the left what they are - regressive control-freaks)
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I think I just gave you the stats for corn vs. sweet sorghum. I didn’t make it up. Sweet sorghum is almost twice the production per acre over corn.

Sugar beets are better than corn. Anything with a natural sugar in it is going to beat corn.

Corn is about the least efficient way in the world to produce ethanol. Using all this corn to make ethanol is what is driving up the price of corn based foods at the store.


17 posted on 03/18/2015 4:08:30 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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Gov. Scott eliminated the ethanol mandate in FL years ago.


18 posted on 03/18/2015 4:14:01 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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A broken clock is correct twice a day.

Grain should not be used like fossil fuels and the government should not be picking winners and losers in the energy sector.

19 posted on 03/18/2015 4:14:31 PM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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Corn prices are at or below cost of production. How much cheaper could it get?

Ethanol is made from sugars. There is no mandate that those sugars come from corn of which I am aware.


20 posted on 03/18/2015 4:15:12 PM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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