Thread: Heller Statement on Obama’s New National Energy Tax

Heller Statement on Obama’s New National Energy Tax

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, President Obama laid out a plan to use executive powers to impose burdensome regulations on Americans at a time when our economy continues to struggle. U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) reacted to the announcement, saying:
“Middle-class families across Nevada and this entire nation have already been forced to tighten their belts, and the last thing they need is to feel the squeeze of higher energy prices. Now, the President is using his executive orders to institute what amounts to a new tax on the American people, which would crush job growth and make life even more difficult for Nevadans. Instead of pursuing a far-left agenda with a new national energy tax, President Obama should focus on a comprehensive energy policy that allows us to develop our own resources, as well as find ways to develop renewable resources efficiently and affordably,” said Senator Dean Heller.



Okay now "esplain this pleeze" Mr Heller. That

National Energy Tax

is a problem for you, but you plan on voting to let in 33 million illegals who came here illegally, stay here and become citizens. That is not a problem.... What part of illegal all of a sudden becomes legal????? Now again that is illegals, you know the word illegal, or illegally, that means with out permission, (in case you didn't understand), sneaking over our borders illegally, which last I looked was a crime and illegal to do, you want this being made legal!!!!!!! Last I looked that was called invasion of a Country...Now I know that is illegal!!But in the land of surveillance and drones you never know do you!!!! I think you have some "esplaining" to do though!!!! Now instead of your worrying about to tax or not to tax nationally on energy, try worrying about your constituents here in Nevada. Oh I forgot they will be your constituents after your vote to make them illegals legal...Just who are you working for here again, never mind guess we must be the wrong constituents!!!!!!!

Republican Voters Warn Lawmakers Against Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants

United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll shows GOP voters ready to withhold support for incumbents.

By Alex Roarty
Updated: June 25, 2013 | 8:25 a.m.
June 24, 2013 | 10:16 p.m.


Illegal immigrants hope for a path to citizenship, but Republican base voters say they will punish incumbents who vote for it. (AP Photo/Khampha Bouaphanh)


The conservative rank-and-file have a loud and clear message for Republican officials: Support citizenship for illegal immigrants at your own peril.




A sizable plurality of registered GOP voters say they will be less likely to support their incumbent lawmaker if he or she votes for immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship for those currently living illegally in the United States, according to the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll. The findings show that even as national Republican leaders tout the Senate's reform measure as a political necessity for the party, it remains a risky vote for individual GOP lawmakers wary of a primary challenger.
Among all adults surveyed, immigration is something of a moot issue: 42 percent of them said a vote either for or against immigration reform would not greatly affect their support for their senator or representative. Thirty-three percent said it would make them less likely to support him or her, and 21 percent said such a vote would make them more likely to back the incumbent.
But among Republicans, the issue elicits much more passion, none of it good for immigration-reform advocates within the GOP. Nearly half, 49 percent, said lawmakers who back a proposal offering a pathway to citizenship will lose their support. Only 15 percent said it would make them more likely to back their incumbent; 30 percent said it would not make a difference in their vote.

The antipathy runs deepest among the most conservative bloc of voters--blue-collar whites--and in places where many Republicans draw their support, rural areas. Forty-five percent of whites without a college degree said they are less likely to support lawmakers voting for the measure. Just 15 percent said they would be more likely to back them, while 33 percent said it wouldn’t make a difference.
Among rural voters, 45 percent said they’d be less likely to back the incumbent, while 41 percent of them said it wouldn’t make a difference. Just 12 percent said supporting the measure would improve the sitting lawmaker’s chance of drawing their vote.
The conservative base’s continued opposition to a pathway to citizenship--and their promise to seek retribution on elected officials who think differently--highlights a central problem facing Republicans as party leaders try to retrofit the GOP’s message and agenda on this and other issues: In many cases, it’s simply not in a GOP lawmaker’s self-interest to adopt a centrist, moderate position. Adjustments that might be necessary for the party to win back the White House in 2016 often conflict with short-term interests of House or Senate members more worried about their own reelection in 2014.
But GOP lawmakers in upscale, suburban states and districts might find greater forgiveness.
College-educated whites are almost perfectly split on the question: 30 percent said it would make them more likely to support their representative in Congress, 33 percent said the opposite, and 32 percent said it wouldn’t make a difference. Suburban voters were less tolerant, but still more open than their rural counterparts. Thirty-six percent said backing the measure would make them less likely to support their lawmaker, while 37 percent said it wouldn’t affect their vote.
For their part, Democrats are not likely to shower favor upon incumbents who support the bill. Many, 49 percent, said it won’t affect their vote; otherwise, by a 29-19 percent margin, they said support for comprehensive immigration reform makes them more likely to back the incumbent rather than less likely.
Independents side with Republicans on the question, although with less fervency. Thirty-five percent of them said they will be less likely to back a lawmaker who supports comprehensive immigration reform, while only 19 percent said it would make them more likely to support the incumbent. Still, a plurality, 44 percent, said the issue won’t weigh on their decision during next year’s midterms.
The relative lack of interest from Democrats, combined with the GOP-leaning position among independents, creates further disincentive for Republicans, who are unlikely to find much general-election reward for their vote if they survive a primary.
The poll of 1,005 adults, conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International from June 20 to June 23, included both landline and cell-phone respondents. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.
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http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressional-connection/coverage/republican-voters-warn-lawmakers-against-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrants-20130624

Thanks!!!!! sent the second part onto Heller ......It is PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!