Obama/Waxman Fast Track Carbon Tax
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CLICK TO LISTEN TO GRASSFIRE AUDIO REPORT ON CARBON TAX VOTE
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UPDATE 5/22 -- Committee Passes Cap and Trade Tax, 33-25
Waxman's 934-page Cap and Trade Carbon Tax bill was approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee 33-25. Thirty two (of 36) Democrats and one Republican voted in favor of the bill. Four Democrats identified by Grassfire as key targets voted "NO."
Breakdown of the Vote
The Committee does not formally publish the actual Roll Call Vote for the H.R. 2454, but our sources on the Hill confirm the following list of "yea" votes in favor of imposing the cap and trade Carbon Tax:
Democrats Voting YES:
Henry A. Waxman, CA, Chair,
John D. Dingell, MI, Chair Emeritus
Edward J. Markey, MA ,
Rick Boucher, VA
Frank Pallone, Jr., NJ
Bart Gordon, TN
Bobby L. Rush, IL
Anna G. Eshoo, CA
Bart Stupak, MI
Eliot L. Engel, NY
Gene Green, TX
Diana DeGette, CO
Lois Capps, CA
Mike Doyle, PA
Jane Harman, CA
Jan Schakowsky, IL
Charles A. Gonzalez, TX
Jay Inslee, WA
Tammy Baldwin, WI
Anthony D. Weiner, NY
G.K. Butterfield, NC
Baron P. Hill, IN
Doris O. Matsui, CA
Donna M. Christensen, VI
Kathy Castor, FL
John P. Sarbanes, MD
Christopher S. Murphy, CT
Zachary T. Space, OH
Jerry McNerney, CA
Betty Sutton, OH
Bruce L. Braley, IA
Peter Welch, VT
Lone Republican Voting "YES"
Mary Bono Mack, CA
These Democrats voted “No”: Charlie Melancon, LA , Mike Ross, AR, Jim Mtheson, UT, John Barrow, GA
Next Steps
Thanks to the efforts of grassroots citizens across the country, the bill leaves the committee weakened. News reports indicate that Democrats in the House are still very divided. One faction, led by Charles Rangel, prefers the direct carbon tax over the cap-and-trade carbon tax. Rangel is threatening to hold the bill up. Collin Peterson (D-MN) heads up another faction of midwestern and
Ag state Democrats who disapprove of the bill. Peterson said after the vote, “They can do whatever they want with this, but I can tell you, there is no way this is going to pass.” Peterson claims he has 40 Democrats who will vote "No" if this is taken to the floor.
Idaho Democrat Walt Minnick, who formerly supported the cap and trade tax, now says the tax “will spawn a big bureaucracy and is susceptive to manipulation and misuse."
The Senate is another significant hurdle.
We expect Waxman's bill to slowly work its way through the House toward a floor vote in late June or early July. So, in our assessment, with the bill limping out of committee grassroots citizens win Round One of this very important battle.
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UPDATE 5/19 -- 12 Key Democrats
Grassfire has identified 12 key Democrats on the committee who will decide the fate of the cap-and-trade Carbon Tax. Here is the list:
Rep. Michael Ross (AR) 202-225-3772
Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA) 202-225-4031
Rep. G. Butterfield (NC) 202-225-3101
Rep. Zack Space (OH) 202-225-6265
Rep. Michael Doyle (PA) 202-225-2135
Rep. Bart Gordon (TN) 202-225-4231
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (TX) 202-225-3236
Rep. Gene Green (TX) 202-225-1688
Rep. James Matheson (TX) 202-225-3011
Rep. Rick Boucher (VA) 202-225-3861
Rep. Peter Welch (VT) 202-225-4115
Rep. Jay Inslee (WA) 202-225-6311
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UPDATE 5/19--"Smoking Gun"
Here is the "smoking gun" memo from Obama's OMB that directly criticizes the economic impact of the Carbon Tax as well as the validity of the entire climate alarmism scheme-- Full document here (.pdf), and two key excerpts:
"SERIOUS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES"
"Making the decision to regulate CO2 ... for the first time is likely to have serious economic consequences for regulated entities throughout the U.S. economy, including small businesses and small communities."
"NO DEMONSTRATED HEALTH EFFECTS"
In the absence of a strong statement of the standards being applied in this decision, there is a concern that EPA is making a finding based on (1) "harm" from substances that have no demonstrated direct health effects."
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UPDATE: Listen to Steve Elliott's interview with G. Gordon Liddy on the Carbon Tax.
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(Original Post)
All signs indicate that President Obama and Rep. Henry Waxman are pushing for a key vote on the Carbon Tax BEFORE Memorial Day -- a tax that studies show will cost each family $3,100 each and every year.
Last week, Obama met behind closed doors with House Democrats to pressure them to pass the Carbon Tax. Now, Waxman is even contemplating skipping the Subcommittee hearing on the $2 trillion Carbon Cap and Trade Tax (The Waxman-Markey bill; original draft here; summary here) and fast-tracking this new tax straight to his Energy and Commerce Committee.
Waxman wants this all done by the end of next week… and Team Obama is turning up the heat on key Democrats in the House to pressure quick passage of the Carbon Tax.
+ + +Why Obama and Waxman Are Fast-Tracking The CO2 Tax
There’s a reason Obama and Waxman are pulling out the stops to pressure Democrats to pass this tax through the Committee…
Obama, Waxman, Pelosi and the gang fear that any delays
could kill their precious plan to “save the planet” and give
the government the power to tax and control the air!
That’s because even some Democrats are now getting nervous about imposing such a large tax at a time when the economy is struggling. Reports indicate this new tax could cost the average American over $3,000 every year and result in 7 million lost jobs! (Go here to download a .pdf of the MIT report from which the $3,100 estimate is generated.
Here is the pertinent data from pages 24-25 which reports $366 billion it carbon tax revenues. The GOP is using this number, divided by 111 million households, to derive the roughly $3,100 cost per family.)
Dems -- especially the Blue Dog Dems -- are getting very squeamish. Many are particularly annoyed that Waxman is considering skipping the subcommittee hearing in order to rush the bill to the full committee and get his vote by the Memorial Day break. The New York Times reports that Waxman will produce a new version of the bill this week to appease the concerns of moderates.
+ +Americans Oppose this new Tax
Democrats and the White House try to claim that cap and trade is not a tax. But Warren Buffett recently admitted that cap and trade is a "regressive" tax that the utilities will "pass through" to consumers. And even Democrat John Dingell admitted recently that "Cap and Trade is a tax, and a great big one."
How big is this tax? Obama's shows "only" $600 billion for carbon tax revenues -- that alone would be the largest single tax increase in history. But the real, hidden number is closer to $2 trillion over 8 years. And the American people overwhelmingly do NOT want the Carbon Tax (by a 2-to-1 margin according to Pew Research).
+ + +Global “reset” of the economy under way!
If the cap-and-trade scheme passes, it will initiate the most radical restructuring of our economy toward socialism in American history. And don’t be fooled… Al Gore and “Big Environment” will get filthy rich in the process. In fact, as Timothy Carney of the Washington Examiner explains, companies like GE are lining up to profit from the global warming scheme. Carney points out that GE has invested millions in lobbying in favor of carbon tax related schemes. And GE's Chairman Jeffrey Immelt actually sees a global "reset" of capitalism under way:
"I believe we are going through more than a cycle. The global economy, and capitalism, will be “reset” in several important ways. The interaction between government and business will change forever. In a reset economy, the government will be a regulator; and also an industry policy champion, a financier, and a key partner."
Waxman wants to fly under the radar and push the Carbon Tax Scheme before the American people realize what is happening. As a result, the most crucial vote on the Carbon Tax cap-and-trade scheme may be taking place before Memorial Day.
CLICK TO LISTEN TO GRASSFIRE AUDIO REPORT ON CARBON TAX VOTE
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UPDATE 5/22 -- Committee Passes Cap and Trade Tax, 33-25
Waxman's 934-page Cap and Trade Carbon Tax bill was approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee 33-25. Thirty two (of 36) Democrats and one Republican voted in favor of the bill. Four Democrats identified by Grassfire as key targets voted "NO."
Breakdown of the Vote
The Committee does not formally publish the actual Roll Call Vote for the H.R. 2454, but our sources on the Hill confirm the following list of "yea" votes in favor of imposing the cap and trade Carbon Tax:
Democrats Voting YES:
Henry A. Waxman, CA, Chair,
John D. Dingell, MI, Chair Emeritus
Edward J. Markey, MA ,
Rick Boucher, VA
Frank Pallone, Jr., NJ
Bart Gordon, TN
Bobby L. Rush, IL
Anna G. Eshoo, CA
Bart Stupak, MI
Eliot L. Engel, NY
Gene Green, TX
Diana DeGette, CO
Lois Capps, CA
Mike Doyle, PA
Jane Harman, CA
Jan Schakowsky, IL
Charles A. Gonzalez, TX
Jay Inslee, WA
Tammy Baldwin, WI
Anthony D. Weiner, NY
G.K. Butterfield, NC
Baron P. Hill, IN
Doris O. Matsui, CA
Donna M. Christensen, VI
Kathy Castor, FL
John P. Sarbanes, MD
Christopher S. Murphy, CT
Zachary T. Space, OH
Jerry McNerney, CA
Betty Sutton, OH
Bruce L. Braley, IA
Peter Welch, VT
Lone Republican Voting "YES"
Mary Bono Mack, CA
These Democrats voted “No”: Charlie Melancon, LA , Mike Ross, AR, Jim Mtheson, UT, John Barrow, GA
Next Steps
Thanks to the efforts of grassroots citizens across the country, the bill leaves the committee weakened. News reports indicate that Democrats in the House are still very divided. One faction, led by Charles Rangel, prefers the direct carbon tax over the cap-and-trade carbon tax. Rangel is threatening to hold the bill up. Collin Peterson (D-MN) heads up another faction of midwestern and
Ag state Democrats who disapprove of the bill. Peterson said after the vote, “They can do whatever they want with this, but I can tell you, there is no way this is going to pass.” Peterson claims he has 40 Democrats who will vote "No" if this is taken to the floor.
Idaho Democrat Walt Minnick, who formerly supported the cap and trade tax, now says the tax “will spawn a big bureaucracy and is susceptive to manipulation and misuse."
The Senate is another significant hurdle.
We expect Waxman's bill to slowly work its way through the House toward a floor vote in late June or early July. So, in our assessment, with the bill limping out of committee grassroots citizens win Round One of this very important battle.
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UPDATE 5/19 -- 12 Key Democrats
Grassfire has identified 12 key Democrats on the committee who will decide the fate of the cap-and-trade Carbon Tax. Here is the list:
Rep. Michael Ross (AR) 202-225-3772
Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA) 202-225-4031
Rep. G. Butterfield (NC) 202-225-3101
Rep. Zack Space (OH) 202-225-6265
Rep. Michael Doyle (PA) 202-225-2135
Rep. Bart Gordon (TN) 202-225-4231
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (TX) 202-225-3236
Rep. Gene Green (TX) 202-225-1688
Rep. James Matheson (TX) 202-225-3011
Rep. Rick Boucher (VA) 202-225-3861
Rep. Peter Welch (VT) 202-225-4115
Rep. Jay Inslee (WA) 202-225-6311
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UPDATE 5/19--"Smoking Gun"
Here is the "smoking gun" memo from Obama's OMB that directly criticizes the economic impact of the Carbon Tax as well as the validity of the entire climate alarmism scheme-- Full document here (.pdf), and two key excerpts:
"SERIOUS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES"
"Making the decision to regulate CO2 ... for the first time is likely to have serious economic consequences for regulated entities throughout the U.S. economy, including small businesses and small communities."
"NO DEMONSTRATED HEALTH EFFECTS"
In the absence of a strong statement of the standards being applied in this decision, there is a concern that EPA is making a finding based on (1) "harm" from substances that have no demonstrated direct health effects."
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UPDATE: Listen to Steve Elliott's interview with G. Gordon Liddy on the Carbon Tax.
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(Original Post)
All signs indicate that President Obama and Rep. Henry Waxman are pushing for a key vote on the Carbon Tax BEFORE Memorial Day -- a tax that studies show will cost each family $3,100 each and every year.
Last week, Obama met behind closed doors with House Democrats to pressure them to pass the Carbon Tax. Now, Waxman is even contemplating skipping the Subcommittee hearing on the $2 trillion Carbon Cap and Trade Tax (The Waxman-Markey bill; original draft here; summary here) and fast-tracking this new tax straight to his Energy and Commerce Committee.
Waxman wants this all done by the end of next week… and Team Obama is turning up the heat on key Democrats in the House to pressure quick passage of the Carbon Tax.
+ + +Why Obama and Waxman Are Fast-Tracking The CO2 Tax
There’s a reason Obama and Waxman are pulling out the stops to pressure Democrats to pass this tax through the Committee…
Obama, Waxman, Pelosi and the gang fear that any delays
could kill their precious plan to “save the planet” and give
the government the power to tax and control the air!
That’s because even some Democrats are now getting nervous about imposing such a large tax at a time when the economy is struggling. Reports indicate this new tax could cost the average American over $3,000 every year and result in 7 million lost jobs! (Go here to download a .pdf of the MIT report from which the $3,100 estimate is generated.
Here is the pertinent data from pages 24-25 which reports $366 billion it carbon tax revenues. The GOP is using this number, divided by 111 million households, to derive the roughly $3,100 cost per family.)Dems -- especially the Blue Dog Dems -- are getting very squeamish. Many are particularly annoyed that Waxman is considering skipping the subcommittee hearing in order to rush the bill to the full committee and get his vote by the Memorial Day break. The New York Times reports that Waxman will produce a new version of the bill this week to appease the concerns of moderates.
+ +Americans Oppose this new Tax
Democrats and the White House try to claim that cap and trade is not a tax. But Warren Buffett recently admitted that cap and trade is a "regressive" tax that the utilities will "pass through" to consumers. And even Democrat John Dingell admitted recently that "Cap and Trade is a tax, and a great big one."
How big is this tax? Obama's shows "only" $600 billion for carbon tax revenues -- that alone would be the largest single tax increase in history. But the real, hidden number is closer to $2 trillion over 8 years. And the American people overwhelmingly do NOT want the Carbon Tax (by a 2-to-1 margin according to Pew Research).
+ + +Global “reset” of the economy under way!
If the cap-and-trade scheme passes, it will initiate the most radical restructuring of our economy toward socialism in American history. And don’t be fooled… Al Gore and “Big Environment” will get filthy rich in the process. In fact, as Timothy Carney of the Washington Examiner explains, companies like GE are lining up to profit from the global warming scheme. Carney points out that GE has invested millions in lobbying in favor of carbon tax related schemes. And GE's Chairman Jeffrey Immelt actually sees a global "reset" of capitalism under way:
"I believe we are going through more than a cycle. The global economy, and capitalism, will be “reset” in several important ways. The interaction between government and business will change forever. In a reset economy, the government will be a regulator; and also an industry policy champion, a financier, and a key partner."
Waxman wants to fly under the radar and push the Carbon Tax Scheme before the American people realize what is happening. As a result, the most crucial vote on the Carbon Tax cap-and-trade scheme may be taking place before Memorial Day.
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Comment by Bettye L Gilmour on May 26, 2009 at 3:32pm - I am emailing Dina Titus D-NV re: this matter. I know it probably won't make a hill of beans worth of difference since she is so enamoured of her new job and wants to impress the royalty ie Pelosi and Obama by voting for it, but she will know how I stand.
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Comment by Judi M. Lowrey on May 26, 2009 at 3:03pm - Please tell me that everyone reading (not speed reading) this site is taking time out of their busy days to call and fax the committee that will ultimately vote on this bill. When asked your city and state, let them know it matters not!. You are an American and it does not affect only the state you live in, but the America you live in!
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Comment by David Gould on May 26, 2009 at 2:55pm
- John Dingell is a DingBat,if he voted for this Cap and Trade bill.It seems that he doesn't care about us back here in Michigan.We are already hurting from some of the Federal Governments trade policies that favor all the other counrties but really screws us the American consumer.I beleive it's time we voted him and the rest of them that voted for this bill out of office the next time around.They all seem to forget who they are really working for and it's not for themselves.
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Comment by Joan Sperry on May 26, 2009 at 2:37pm
- Why should we even voice the way we feel when it does no good,they are doing whatever they want to anyway.The only way things will calm down is if they impeach and prison Obama for the way he has done with his birth certificate and the disgrace he has brought to our country.He is in there and they could get him out of there but they are afraid of him for some reason.Even our voices on that matter doesn't mean a thing to them but wait till election time then you will see them telling us what they plan to do in order to get us to keep them in there but I for one will be voting against all of them that are standing behind this man thats a disgrace to my country.This man is doing nothing but bankrupting our country and taxing us to death and the economy is going down everyday and he doesn't care because hes got money to back him and his family whether it comes from some of the terrorist or what have you.I think they better be pulling together and get Obama out of there and they need to start working together to get our economy back to where it was before he got in there too.It seems like everyday something new comes out on this man and they just don't care enough to see about getting him out of office.He is taxing us to death people and wanting to control our lives and we won't have very much freedom if he keeps on.Lets quit allowing him to do this to us and our country,its time to take a stand together and take our country back.He is against our military and they are the ones that have made our country the way it is today,he doesn't care if our men gets killed for as long as these other countries men are not killed.Hes trying to make our country into one of the other countries too.He said our nation was not a Christian nation too,he has belittled us,he even bowed down to that one leader like the leader was superior to him,so what does that make our country look like.He backs the illegal aliens to where they are putting their flags over ours and moving into our country like they own it.Are we just going to keep sitting back and allow him to keep on?Our Congress and Senators aren't even caring about us only about how much money they can put in their pockets or they wouldn't be allowing him to pass all of these bills by them passing them too.They call themselves US citizens but I don't think they are either since they won't stand up against this man.The ones he appointed was probably paid off by him to start with and they have to stand behind him or else and they shouldn't have been allowed in office either and the ones that are in there could of opposed the ones he appointed if they felt like they wouldn't do a job for us US citizens but they didn't.Obama even went as far to call us domestic terrorist when we had them tea parties.How do you think that made us feel?He is even involved with that Acorn so you know them fraud votes was not done away with either like they tried to tell us.I mean all you had to do was homework on this man and you would have found out alot about him.He is a Muslim,he is from Kenya because he was born there,He only has a live birth from Hawaii and its been told by one of their officials too.He was involved with Kenya for 7 yrs in their politics thats when he disappeared from our country after his college days and he was in Kenya,thats why the leader was congratulating him about becoming our president and it was being covered up like that leader was trying to talk about Obama's father but he was talking about Obama,He had to do away any other citizenship when he lived in Indonesia while he was a child too,but his one grandmother told how she was at his birth in Kenya too and they have sealed his birth certificate there too.Our Constitution was written by our forefathers to protect us and our country and this man has been going against our country and morales and making us look like we don't have backbones to go against him,but I know I do and I won't stop till he is imprisoned like he should be for what he has done to our country.I am proud of my country the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.Are you all proud of your country?If you are then its time to stand up and take our country back like the Constitution says we can and it doesn't have to wait till voting time to do it,if we feel like they are not doing the jobs for us since they do work for us then we can demand hearings about everything and they have to listen and do what we want them to do.Remember the saying for our country UNITED WE STAND AND DIVIDED WE FALL,don't let me make our country fall people,lets stand together.Bring GOD back into our lives and country where he belongs too.We're also suppose to be the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave too.God Bless Our Country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by Gwendolyn DeKoning on May 26, 2009 at 2:16pm - It's past due time to make noise over this scheme. The time to sit back and watch outcomes is over!!! Stand up and be heard. OR bow down to Socialism. Your choice is clear.
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Comment by Debbie on May 26, 2009 at 1:42pm
- Mr. Waxman and his buddies are so arrogant they actually BELIEVE that most Americans do not realize that this is a tax! Yes, you read that correctly. The real reason they're fast tracking this piece of #*$& is that they're terribly afraid they MIGHT be wrong and they want to push this tax on us before we (supposedly) realize that it's a tax. I say keep beating the drums and let everyone you come into contact know it's the biggest tax increase in history at a time we need it the least.
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Comment by southcoast on May 26, 2009 at 1:24pm
- This tax, similar to the many Great Society type programs, will succeed in putting more pressure on people with lower incomes. Predicably, the legacy press will ignore the incremental costs of this legislation and blame the oil companies.
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Comment by E. R. "Bob" Eastin on May 26, 2009 at 12:40pm
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Keept his record, add to previous ones, and spread the word with totals: the Destroyers of America must be defeated at their next election...nationwide.
-E. Robert
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Comment by Peggy Denson on May 25, 2009 at 9:31pm - Do we have to wait for 2010 elections? Can't we start impeachment proceedings on all these folks? It is so obvious that they are acting directly against the US Constitution. Are there any lawyers out there that can investigate this possibility?
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Comment by Anne Ellis on May 25, 2009 at 9:15pm - Would it not be a perfect world if we, the little person, could just stop using cars, trains, and planes! Stop using electricity of any kind, stop using cellphones, and all of the modern tools that make life so wonderful! If we could just drop back to the 1800's (without EMP's) and let the gas (oil) companies languish, let the electric companies sit on their electricity, and let the government go without our taxes! Just once I would love to see the American people just stop dead in their tracks and say "Enough is Enough and We are not going to take it anymore." Could you imagine the look on everyone's face when we picked up our dollies and went home? Go back to neighbors helping neighbors and surviving-maybe not as well as we do now but to drive home a point! Well, I know that is just a pipe dream because the government would round us up like cattle and gas us like the Nazi's did the Jews!!! Why? Right Wing Terrorist not seeing how taxing us for the air that we breath, the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere is killing the planet (actually the plants need CO2 to live), or any other reason they might have for our opposition for not being under their thumb!! Now, they are going to be policing our food because we are obese and obese people cost money! How about the 12 million illegal aliens that will be getting free health care! So sorry for getting off subject but I get started and I cannot get off the soap box! Taxing us for soda, snack food, liquor (Washington will be spending a fortune of our hard earned money), and anything else they can tax!! I suggest everyone eat everything you can before you are policed to the point of only getting a piece of lettuce and a carrot! It has been a long day and then I listen and read-mind begins to spin and I figure out that we don't have a 401 (K) anymore ToTo!!!!! Night All!!!!
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