Higher taxes and energy costs; Clean Energy and Security Act passed
Friday, June 26, 2009 at 9:40PM The House of Representatives passed HR2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, popularly called Waxman-Markey or Cap and Trade. The vote was close. The vote was recorded at 7:17 p.m. on Friday.
Red State got it exactly right with a headline, ‘The Quisling Republicans.’ Eight GOPers voted for a bill that will penalize the American people by taxing them and raising costs on the gas we all exhale every time we breathe. The benefits to the planet will be minimal. The federal government will reap tax revenue and speculators will reap record profits. One day everyone will figure out they’re trading absolutely nothing for money and the bottom will once again rise to the top.
The US House of Representatives abandoned the welfare of the nation by passing a bill most of them did not even read. Once again I question the legality of legislation many who voted for it did not read. This action is an arrogant insult to the American people.
The Republicans who voted for this bill are traitors to their constituents and to the GOP. The Democrats who did not vote for this bill are heroes as are the majority of Republicans who voted ‘no.’ I am posting a full list from the clerk of the House of those who voted for this bill. Not a single name on this list deserves your vote in the future.
We should be calling our senators now. Every American will bear a heavy burden if this legislation succeeds in final passage.
Please print this list and share it with voters.
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 477
H R 2454 RECORDED VOTE 26-Jun-2009 7:17 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: American Clean Energy and Security Act
219-212
From Red State: ‘Quisling Republicans’
Bono Mack
Castle
Kirk
Lance
LoBiondo
McHugh
Reichert
Smith (NJ)
From US clerk/House
Voting ‘Aye’--All
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Adler (NJ)
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boccieri
Bono Mack
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson (IN)
Castle
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Driehaus
Edwards (MD)
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Giffords
Gonzalez
Gordon (TN)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Halvorson
Hare
Harman
Heinrich
Higgins
Hill
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kilroy
Kind
Kirk
Klein (FL)
Kosmas
Kratovil
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Luján
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney
Markey (CO)
Markey (MA)
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McHugh
McMahon
McNerney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Patrick
Murtha
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perriello
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis (CO)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rangel
Reichert
Reyes
Richardson
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schauer
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stupak
Sutton
Tauscher
Teague
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth
Posted by Kay B. Day
June 26, 2009
Reader Comments (2)
In my opinion, this was a necessary piece of legislation. I'm glad that Congress (and the people of the country) are finally starting to take climate and environmental protection seriously.
At the very least, this should help reduce new cases of cancer.
Ryan, read the whole bill. Including the 300 pages inserted at 3 a.m. the day of passage. I'm all for conservation--so much of my life has been spent writing about natural resources. But this is one sorry piece of legislation that will only result in misery for the American people.
As for reducing cancer, well we can hope. But there's the issue of radon, compromise of our watersheds, and insecurities in our food and pharmaceuticals, even some produced at home. Frankly, I'm not too sure about this bill reducing cancer, but like I said we can at least hope for something positive.
As always, glad to see you 'round my small corner on the Web.
best! Kay