Sunlight Foundation crits Energy Bill as Dems target another industry
Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 9:46AM 
The EPA, with assistance from the Supreme Court, has classified carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Science Daily featured an article about the impact of carbon dioxide on plants. "There's been a great deal of controversy about how plant respiration responds to elevated CO2," said U. of I. plant biology professor Andrew Leakey, who led the study. "Some summary studies suggest it will go down by 18 percent, some suggest it won't change, and some suggest it will increase as much as 11 percent."The Democratic-controlled government is at a pivotal point with the Climate Bill, H.R. 2454, and the Sunlight Foundation is pointing criticism at legislators for rushing a bill few have probably even read. The administration has already taken over lending and auto manufacturing. Soon healthcare will likely be in the hands of the government. And now energy will be manipulated, dictated and overseen by government.
Noting the bill expanded to 1,201 pages (from 946) over the weekend, a press advisory issued by Sunlight said, “This legislative maneuvering reminds us of the failure of Congress to make bills properly available before consideration.” The Foundation website has an analysis of what can only be described as an insane process for passing a bill that will impact every aspect of our lives. For instance, the bill available on THOMAS, the venue for public disclosure, apparently isn’t the full bill.
