Energy Bill Is Doom For The Usa

[FC]

No joke- if this passes the Senate, your personal financial well-being is completely screwed. Also in this bill that passed Congress are mandated massive housing energy rules that if you buy or sell a house you are going to be completely screwed. Listen to the Mark Levin broadcast for Friday if you want to know the details.

 

Democrats Pass Bill to Raise Gas Prices and Consumer Power Bills, Ship Millions of American Jobs to China

 

House Democrats today voted to raise gas prices to $4 a gallon, nearly double consumer electric bills, and to ship 2 million American jobs a year to China and India with passage of the environmental extremist national energy tax bill. Congressman John Carter (R-TX) voted against the measure, which passed the House by a strictly partisan 219-212 margin, with 211 Democrats and 8 Republicans voting for the bill. 168 Republicans and 44 Democrats voted against it.

“Based on this vote alone, the American people need to replace this House with a new conservative majority, whose first priority in January 2011 should be a repeal of this fraudulent monstrosity,” says Carter. “Today, the Democrats told the public they don’t care what voters think, they will ignore the majority and continue taxing, spending, and regulating the country into bankruptcy.”

 

Congressman John Carter fought the Democrat majority national energy tax bill all week in the House. Early this week, in an effort to protect the budget of working families in the middle of a serious recession, Carter introduced amendments to HR 2454, the Democrats’ national energy tax bill.

Carter’s twin amendments would have automatically repealed the energy tax, also known as the “cap and trade” bill, if the U.S. Department of Energy confirmed the bill raised gas or diesel prices by more than 10 cents a gallon, or home electric bills by more than $20 a month.

 

“The debate over this bill is how much it will raise prices for consumers,” said Carter, House Republican Conference Secretary. “Democrats contend the effect will be minimal, so they should have no problem adding these two amendments just to make sure. A vote against either will therefore be a recorded vote to raise energy prices on consumers.”

The latest version of the national energy tax places the price hikes almost entirely on the backs of middle-income Americans, who make up around 70% of the nation’s population. Low income families, those making less than $33,000 a year per family, would receive new federal “energy stamps”, the energy equivalent of food stamps, to “render harmless” all but middle-income Americans.

 

“The current bill will do nothing to reduce carbon emissions, will increase energy prices on working Americans, and will cost us over 2 million jobs a year for years to come,” said Carter. “These amendments will hopefully wake up some folks on the other side of the aisle as to what they are doing to their constituents.”

The Carter Amendments were submitted to the House Rules Committee Wednesday, for consideration as part of floor debate. But in late night action Thursday, Democrat House leaders voted to refuse to allow consideration of Carter’s amendments during Friday’s debate on the bill. Democrats instead allowed a late night 309-page amendment by Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) that was brought to the floor for a vote before House Members had time to read it.

 

“If this bill passes, it will devastate Texas working families trying to fight their way out of this recession, and not reduce one iota of carbon emissions,” said Carter. “The overwhelming majority of Americans oppose this bill, which explains why Democrats have chosen to ram it through on a strictly partisan vote then get out of town for a week. If they succeed, repeal of this bill and passage of a real energy bill that lowers consumer costs should be a top priority for the new Congress in January 2011 when conservatives re-take the House.”

 

The Democrat energy tax bill is estimated by Heritage Foundation to cost 3,312 jobs in Central Texas through 2012, and another 2,427 jobs thereafter. The study predicts a 58% increase in gasoline and diesel prices, a 90% increase in home power bills, and will cost a total of over 2 million jobs a year over the next decade as U.S. manufacturers move to China and India to avoid the tax, or are forced out of business by foreign competitors who are not required to comply. The bill also gives over $300 billion to foreign governments such as Brazil.

 

Central Texas Congressmen split their early votes on the energy tax bill, according to KWTX TV. “Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, and Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, came down on opposite sides Friday as the U.S. House voted 217-205 to advance a controversial White House-backed climate bill to the House floor. The 1,200-page climate measure would impose a so-called cap and trade system that would raise energy costs, but by how much is the subject of some debate.”

 

Carter Hosts Ft. Hood Advocacy Session with Central Texas Delegation, Pentagon

Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) Friday hosted an advocacy session for Fort Hood with Pentagon officials, the Central Texas delegation, and local and state officials. Carter, Co-Chair of the House Army Caucus and member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, called the session to discuss community, state, and federal support for Fort Hood.

 

Attendees included Texas State Rep. Dr. Jimmie Don Aycock, Central Texas Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army Mrs. Jean Shine, Killeen Mayor Pro Tempore Scott Cosper, and Heart of Texas Defense Alliance Executive Director Mr. Bill Parry. Additionally, members of Army staff and military aides from the offices of Senators Hutchison and Cornyn attended.

 

“I asked this small delegation from Central Texas to come to Washington to meet with Army staff, because I feel it is important that during the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) preparation that all sides have a firm and fair understanding of the incredible support the Central Texas communities have provided to Fort Hood soldiers and their families,” Carter said. “As the number of troops at Fort Hood has grown from 42,000 in 2004 to over 53,000 now, Central Texas communities led the charge in building and maintaining an infrastructure to support these solders and their families. This has been a key factor in making Fort Hood the most efficient and cost effective training installation in the Army.”

 

"It was a great opportunity to be able to meet with all these key individuals," says Rep. Aycock, "to be able express the sentiments of state government for supporting and expanding Fort Hood. It is important for the Pentagon to hear first hand the high degree of local support that exists for this facility."

[Jimro]

I already emailed both senators. Both of the Senators are Democrats, but at least I wrote.

 

Jimro

[Horsefly]

The shi_ _y part of all this is,the folks that voted for obama don't keep up with what's going on,or have any interest in knowing what the idiots they voted for are doing.They voted for a man that's black,that will bring about change.Why can't democrats see that obama only has 4 years left,but the rest may have 15 or 20 moreto finish out their career,and their future depends on things done now.The 2 dems in my dept. of 25 don't make fun of us anymore that didn't vote for barrack.They keep their mouth shut.

[FC]

Horsefly, what made the democrats clam up at work?

 

I've been really thinking about what a really free country would be like, and this isn't free. Gov't telling you how to live, what type of house to live in, how much, and what kind of healthcare you will have, what you can drive, what you can do with your land, what safety equipment you have to wear in your own car, what kind of retirement planning you must do (Medicare, Social Security), what kind of additives have to go in your gas, how you can discipline your kids, what they have to learn in school, who you have to hire, and how you can fire, etc. I'm beginning to wonder what areas are left in my life that aren't affected in some way by the government. Frankly, I'm beyond fed up, and just wondering what I can do to increase my personal freedom? Since I don't think I can increase my personal freedom, that shows me my lack of freedom.

 

Heritage estimates that the direct costs would be an average of $829 per year for a household of four, totaling $20,000 between 2012 and 2035. But when considering the total cost as reflected in the cost of allocations and offsets, the average cost to that family unit would be $2,979 annually from 2012 to 2035. Adding insult and hypocrisy to injury, the bill would hurt the poor the worst because they would bear a disproportionate burden of the higher energy costs the bill would trigger. Now here's the kicker. The bill is also projected to harm the manufacturing sector and cause estimated 'net' job losses, averaging about 1.15 million between 2012 and 2030. The overall gross domestic product losses would average $393 billion per year from 2012 to 2035, and the cumulative loss in gross domestic product would be $9.4 trillion by 2035. The national debt for a family of four would increase by $115,000 by 2035.

 

Excerpts from Psalm 73

For I was envious of the arrogant

As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Therefore pride is their necklace;

The imaginations of their heart run riot.

They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;

They speak from on high.

They have set their mouth against the heavens,

And their tongue parades through the earth.

When I pondered to understand this,

It was troublesome in my sight

Until I came into the sanctuary of God;

Then I perceived their end.

Surely You set them in slippery places;

You cast them down to destruction.

How they are destroyed in a moment!

They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

Like a dream when one awakes,

O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.

[Dr.Hess]

Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE that is a registered voter (and that should be all of us) needs to at a minimum send an email to their Senator. Go to this page:

http://www.senate.gov/

pull down your state in the Find Your Senators box in the upper right corner, click go. Then click on the Web Form link. Fill it out and tell them how you feel about Cap and Trade. Do it now. For The Children.

 

 

[karlunity]

I am in the same boat as Jimro, both senators are liberal Dem's, but he and Doctor Hess are right in that we have to make the effort.

karl

[Horsefly]

Sent my Senators an email. Jerry

 

Tony,both dems at work raised hell about the money George was spending on the terroist war,but that was a drop in the bucket compared to obama's spending,and it has been brought to their attention.Many,many times.

[FC]

January 2008, Obama said, "nder my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket ... because I'm capping greenhouse gasses, coal power plants, natural gas ... you name it ... whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retro-fit their operations. That will cost money. ...[T]hey will pass that money on to the consumers." He was right then.

 

 

"This climate bill has nothing to do with saving the planet or the polar bears. The problems that this legislation claims to address do not exist. Regulating our behavior and limiting our freedom will not have any effect on the climate. It is a pure power and money grab..." --Rush Limbaugh

 

[Dr.Hess]

So I emailed my congresscritters. One's autoresponder sent me a nice long email back telling me how he (Pryor) was all for saving the world and ending CO2, blah blah. Pryor's computer is stoopid if it can't even read what I sent it. The other one never even bothers to answer.