Rockefeller this week voted for the resolution introduced by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R) Alaska. It would have prevented the EPA from enacting crippling regulations that will raise all of our energy costs significantly. Rockefeller and the five other Democrats sided with Republicans to try and prevent the EPA from brazenly extending its authority beyond all reasonable bounds. They also defended the constitutional power of Congress to be the sole source of legislation as is stated in Article 1 Section 1. These EPA regulations are meant to impose measures that Congress refused to pass.
This is the list of Democrats who bucked party line. Notice that Robert C. Byrd is not one of them. He could have led a successful charge to defend the powers of Congress, but failed to step up to the occasion.
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
So, we're thanking our Senator for voting for the interests of big corporations and special interests and against those of the people or of the planet? What's West Virginia's tourism like on a Venusian facsimile?!
ReplyDeleteThe people of the planet are not able at this point to live off of hunting and gathering, building their own mean huts, ekeing a living off of the land. They need jobs. They need cheap electricity. They need to make a living. West Virginia needs to continue to strike a balance between its mining and manufacturing needs and its tourism industry. At this point, it does that pretty well without federal interference.
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