RIGHT WING TWISTS ARMS TO PASS OIL INDUSTRY WINDFALL:
The Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005 passed on Friday by a narrow
212-210 vote, but only after House conservatives extended the five-minute
vote to 50 minutes to round up extra votes for the bill that appeared ready
to fail. Rep. Bill Young (R-FL), one of the last lawmakers to switch his
vote to support of the bill, said, "He [House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL)]
worked me over a little" to get him to switch.
Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) called it a "leave-no-oilman-behind bill," and
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) stated, "The bill weakens state and federal
environmental standards...and gives a break to wealthy oil companies while
doing little or nothing to affect oil prices."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-10-07-oil-votehouse_x.htm
It's so nice that our stupid King President only cares about the wealthy to
the extent that he's willing to be impeached by real Americans. Does King
Georgie understand the title, PUBLIC SERVANT?
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