Thread: CAP AND TRADE VOTE NOW

Originally Posted by alamb

it will not pass the senate.

Yeah we will make sure of that!

I cant believe it. Oh yes I can. The entire bunch of traitors applauded. Lets make sure not one of them gets re-elected EVER.

Find those eight bastards!

Originally Posted by Rockfish

Find those eight bastards!

the vote will be posted on here as soon as its posted on thomas.gov website. i too want to know who voted for it

CNN just reported that calls against the bill shut down the phone system but they passed it anyway.

Originally Posted by kniggit

CNN just reported that calls against the bill shut down the phone system but they passed it anyway.

Yeah they no longer care what we think and are showing us........ they are like bad children who no longer wish to listen to those who are supposed to instruct them. They will do it as long as we allow them to get away with it. Their loyalty is not to us!

"ALL Curcuits are busy now"

Originally Posted by jamesw62

"ALL Curcuits are busy now"

Yeah all hell should be breaking loose. WHAT A TRAVESTY, WHAT A BETRAYAL!

WASHINGTON (AP) €” With President Barack Obama lobbying by phone, the Democratic-controlled House churned toward a showdown vote Friday night on historic legislation to reduce pollution linked to global warming and power the nation with cleaner but more expensive energy.

Democrats struggled to solidify a fragile coalition needed for passage and appeared headed for success. "We don't have the votes to stop this bill," conceded Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., as the roll call neared on a measure that Republicans said would kill jobs across the country while pushing consumer energy costs higher.

Republicans sought to delay the inevitable. Moments before a final vote was scheduled, House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio plunged into an hour-long speech, methodically raising questions or ridiculing numerous changes that he said Democrats had made public after 3 a.m. Friday.

He called the bill "the most profound piece of legislation to come to this floor in 100 years," but one that would create "a bureaucratic nightmare" without solving the nation's energy problems.

Supporters and opponents agreed the result would be higher energy costs but disagreed vigorously on the impact on consumers. Democrats pointed to two reports — one from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and the other from the Environmental Protection Agency — that suggested average increases would be limited after tax credits and rebates were taken into account. The CBO estimated the bill would cost an average household $175 a year, the EPA $80 to $110 a year, but Republicans and industry groups said the real figure would much higher.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8579497

Passed 219 to 212, but there will be a tougher fight in the Senate.