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Eight Republicans followed House Leader Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats bidding like poodles and voted for the cap-and-trade bill, loading energy taxes on Americans for decades to come.
The immediate response from the conservative Club for Growth has been to ask members to help identify potential primary opponents for Republicans who crossed party lines and voted for Waxman-Markey, the so-called "cap and trade" bill which passed 219-212. It would not have passed without Republican support.
The Republicans are:
- Bono Mack, Mary (CA-45)
- Castle, Mike (DE-AL)
- Kirk, Mark (IL-10)
- Lance, Leonard (NJ-07)
- LoBiondo, Frank (NJ-02)
- McHugh, John (NY-23)
- Reichert, Dave (WA-08)
- Smith, Chris (NJ-04)
The House passed the bill by a vote of 219 to 212 after a day of intense debate that began shortly after 9 a.m. Eastern time with the help of the eight Republicans who voted for it and without the 44 Democrats who voted against it.
Republicans including House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, have slammed the bill for weeks as job-killer, with Boehner saying Friday that it's "the most profound piece of legislation to come to this floor in 100 years."
The 1,500-page bill seeks to slash greenhouse-gas emissions to 17% below 2005 levels by 2020 through a "cap-and-trade" system. By the middle of the century, it is supposed to cut emissions to 80% below 2005 levels. Read text of the bill.
Minority Leader Boehner argued the bill, which Republicans have dubbed "cap-and-tax," legislation, would raise electricity and gasoline prices.
Energy-related stocks fell with the broader market as the House prepared to vote on Friday. See Energy Stocks.
Republicans have called the bill an energy tax on consumers and businesses that will wind up raising unemployment and moving jobs overseas as American companies struggle to meet the pollution caps.
"It is an economic disaster bill for the United States of America if it were to pass," said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, as House members began debating the bill Friday morning.
Passage by the Senate of the cap-and-trade system isn't certain, with some Democrats there also wary of its effect on industries.
To read the entires articles, go to
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/house-energy-bill-heads-to-final-vote
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/29/club-for-growth-targets-republicans-after-trade-vote/
To read more about energy and politicians, go to:
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2547-Watchdog-Politics-Examiner~y2009m4d1-Energy-to-be-rationed-un-Democrats-Global-Warming-Bill
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2547-Watchdog-Politics-Examiner~y2009m3d28-Sen-Feinstein-says-no-wind-turbines-in-nearby-desert
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