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Newspaper Roundup for May 4, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines —
... Reassure Flu Prompts Daily Damage Control Fox News/AP: Obama Praises Kemp's Commitment to Equality Washington Post: Virginia, Maryland Prepare for Cuban Detente Washington Post: Warren Buffett attacks bank tests, eyes flu pandemic Washington Post: Some D.C. Area Schools Close for Up to Two Weeks Others consider options for dealing with flu closures San Francisco Chronicle: Ammo a popular purchase at Cow Palace gun show Washington Times: Green lobby guides Democrats on climate bill Lawmakers bristle at Bush parallel Washington ...
Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: Note the Blindfold
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... me an email! Nation [image] Pelosi blocking investigations into corrupt Dems : Gateway Note the blindfold, Mr. President : AmRight Squeezing out faithful to make way for ACORN : Knight The Democratic Party's Gun Strategy : PJM (Hawkins) Update on Goose Creek, SC traffic stop : RSN Economy Another Failure in Liberalism's Lab : Prairie War on the insurance industry : Irish Spy Union Power : Atlantic (McArdle) Green lobby writes a coal exception into a climate bill : Times Politics, Law and Crime What ...
Lobbyists Writing The Climate Change Bill?
Pirate's Cove —
Would you be surprised if the most ethical Congress ever to basically allow lobbyists to write the new climate change bill, otherwise known as the “Soaking The American People For A Fake Issue” bill? Would it surprise you that the party who railed at the influence of lobbyists would allow this? I wouldn’t. Lobbyists help Dems draft climate change bill
Democratic lawmakers who spent much of the Bush administration blasting officials for letting energy lobbyists write national policy have turned to a coalition of business and environmental groups to help draft their own sweeping climate bill.
Do as we say, not as we ...
Lobbyists Writing The Climate Change Bill?
Stop The ACLU —
Lobbyists Writing The Climate Change Bill? Posted on May 4, 2009 Would you be surprised if the most ethical Congress ever to basically allow lobbyists to write the new climate change bill, otherwise known as the “Soaking The American People For A Fake Issue” bill? Would it surprise you that the party who railed at the influence of lobbyists would allow this? I wouldn’t. Lobbyists help Dems draft climate change bill Democratic lawmakers who spent much of the Bush administration blasting officials for letting energy lobbyists write national policy have turned to a coalition of business and environmental groups to help draft their own sweeping climate bill. Do as we say, ...
NOW HERE’S A SHOCKER: Lobbyists help Dems draft climate change bill. I mean, who saw that coming?…
Instapundit —
NOW HERE’S A SHOCKER: Lobbyists help Dems draft climate change bill. I mean, who saw that coming?
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Ah, interest group pluralism at work
Betsy's Page —
Remember when the Democrats raised a fit because they accused the Republicans of letting energy company interest groups help craft the Republican energy bill? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman, both of California, were among the Democrats -- then in the minority -- who slammed Vice President Dick Cheney for holding closed-door meetings to draft energy policy early in the Bush administration. Republicans "invited energy lobbyists to write the energy bill that gouges consumers with big payoffs to Big Gas and Big Oil," ...
Democrats Let Lobbyists Write Sweeping, Expansive Environmental Legislation
The Jawa Report —
May 05, 2009 Democrats Let Lobbyists Write Sweeping, Expansive Environmental Legislation They told me if I voted for John McCain, we'd have business as usual in Washington and would see corporate lobbyists cozy with the party in power write the nation's legislation on pressing issues that would favor their own businesses and enrich themselves with taxpayer money. And they were right! Democratic lawmakers who spent much of the Bush administration blasting officials for letting energy lobbyists write national policy have turned to a coalition of business and environmental groups ...
Al Gore's Environmental Group Helping Design US Cap & Trade Program
Gateway Pundit —
Karen Harbert, the President and CEO of Institute for 21st Century Energy, an US Chamber of Conference affiliate, met with a group of bloggers today at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. During our question and answer session, Karen told us that the environmental group USCAP is helping democrats design their cap and trade program: Sure enough- Karen Harbert was correct. Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-California) used USCAP's proposals as a blueprint for the democrat's climate legislation. The Washington Times ...
Paul Blumenthal: Should lobbyists be required to disclose anything?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
That seems to be a question raised from The Next Right's Soren Dayton. Dayton is taking the position that lobbyists and factions seeking to influence government do not have influence and therefore we should not require them to disclose their activities. This position is very much outside of the mainstream of thought on lobbyists and their influence in Washington. Currently, there are over 30,000 registered lobbyists in Washington with the sole job of influencing outcomes in the federal government. This could include, as Dayton says, educating officials and running pressure campaigns, and truly, there is not an inherent wrong with what almost all lobbyists are doing. However, ...
"Raise Wages, Cut Carbon":
The Volokh Conspiracy —
Conservative House members Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Bob Inglis (R-SC), along with Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL), have introduced an alternative to the cap-and-trade proposal developed by House Democrats: HR 2380, the "Raise Wages, Cut Carbon" Act of 2009 . Their proposal is for a carbon tax that will gradually increase over time, offset by a reduction in payroll taxes. Here's Rep. Flake's explanation: If there’s one economic axiom, it’s that if you want less of something, you tax it. Clearly, it’s in our interest to move away from carbon. But if we’re going to take the step of taxing carbon, that needs come with commensurate tax relief. This legislation forces us to have an ...
Junk Scientist Al Gore Denies Conflict of Interest In Global Warming Investments (Video)
Gateway Pundit —
Man. Bear. Pig.
Burger King joints are sticking with broiled beef and not baloney. (Guardian)
Al Gore denies there’s a conflict of interest between his global warming fearmongering and his global warming investments.
After years of pushing his junk science Gore is poised to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire.”
Via Breitbart TV
Not only is Al Gore going to make hundreds of millions off of the Democrat’s cap-&-tax energy bill but one of Gore’s environmental groups and several green activists helped draft the ...
