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| Rep. Kaptur wets her beak to the tune of $3.5 billion in climate bill |
| 2009-07-02 |
| When House Democratic leaders were rounding up votes Friday for the massive climate-change bill, they paid special attention to their colleagues from Ohio who remained stubbornly undecided. They finally secured the vote of one Ohioan, veteran Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo, the old-fashioned way. They gave her what she wanted - a new federal power authority, similar to Washington state's Bonneville Power Administration, stocked with up to $3.5 billion in taxpayer money available for lending to renewable energy and economic development projects in Ohio and other Midwestern states. House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. Waxman, California Democrat, included the Kaptur project in a 310-page amendment to the legislation unveiled at 3 a.m. Friday, just hours before the bill was to be debated on the House floor. The amendment was packed with other vote-getting provisions, both large and small, that had been sought by dozens of wavering Democrats. The wheeling and dealing proved successful. Mr. Waxman and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, backed by the personal lobbying of President Obama, won over enough lawmakers to pass the bill narrowly Friday evening, 219-212. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 I already answered that Speath - 5.6 Billion - by Obambi personally. Isn't he a dreamboat president? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-07-02 21:13 |
| #8 count the number of czars he's hired |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-07-02 19:36 |
| #7 The number of jobs lost in the US last month came in at 467,000, which is much more than had been expected Sure, but how many were "saved" or "created"? /sarc |
| Posted by: Speath Fillmore2260 2009-07-02 19:34 |
| #6 I suspect Barry and Rahm have something up their oily sleeves to overtake the upcoming July 4th Tea Party media coverage and poor unemployment news. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-07-02 10:09 |
| #5 Remember these politicians who are so cavalier with the spending of taxpayer monies and don't forget the Tea Parties scheduled for July 4th and the elections of 2010. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-07-02 10:05 |
| #4 For every government mandated "green" job, more than 2 jobs are lost in the productive economy to pay for it. Wost of all, that green job goes away when when government funding runs out, leaving Ms. Kaptur's constituents with nothing. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-07-02 10:01 |
| #3 But don't forget the 5.6 Billion jobs saved personally by Obama..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-07-02 09:59 |
| #2 The number of jobs lost in the US last month came in at 467,000, which is much more than had been expected |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-07-02 09:52 |
| #1 Wow, and we (Israelis) complain endlessly about governmental corruption. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-07-02 05:50 |