Jun 26 2009
Cap and Tax Passes the House
By a vote of 219 to 212, the House narrowly passed the Cap and Trade bill that will cost us millions of jobs and devastate the American economy even more as it starts going into affect. Just ask Spain how well it went for them?
This still has to pass the U.S. Senate of course and that is nowhere near certain. They need 60 ayes just to be able to vote for it and I imagine there will be Democrat defectors there just as there were in the House.
Those who voted to raise your energy bills by about $1500 a year to “save the planet” are as follows:
- G.K. Butterfield (D-NC-01)
- Bob Etheridge (D-NC-02)
- David Price (D-NC-04)
- Heath Shuler (D-NC-11)
- Mel Watt (D-NC-12)
- Brad Miller (D-NC-13)
- Jack Spratt (D-SC-05)
- Jim Clyburn (D-SC-06)
Those who voted to protect your liberty, labor, and livelihood were:
- Walter Jones (R-NC-03)
- Virginia Foxx (R-NC-05)
- Howard Coble (R-NC-06)
- Mike McIntyre (D-NC-07)
- Larry Kissell (D-NC-08)
- Sue Myrick (R-NC-09)
- Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10)
- Henry Brown (R-SC-01)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC-02)
- Gresham Barrett (R-SC-03)
- Bob Inglis (R-SC-04)
Inglis was for it before he was against it. He still supports a similar plan that would lower payroll taxes but install a energy tax instead. Same sort of idea. He needs to go.
Yeah, I know he does. I’ve written about it. Inglis is a shit bag, but today he voted correctly.
Inglis, does stand up for us, but why can’t Republicans care about the environment too, at least his bill didn’t raise our taxes, give the man a chance.