It is official.  The Waxman Crap and Trade bill just passed.

And my Congressman, the highly questionable Mike Castle (R – that is a joke) voted for it.

What an idiot.

UPDATE:  The vote was very close.  If it weren’t for the turncoat Republicans it would not have passed. 

Democrats did not accept one amendment that the Reps put forth:

Defeated

• Mike J. Rogers (R-MI) offered an amendment that cancels the law unless China and India adopt similar standards.
• Roy Blunt (R-MO) offered an amendment that cancels the law if the average price of electricity in a residential sector increases by 10% or more. After defeat, he offered a second amendment that would cancel only Title III (the cap-and-trade scheme) of the law if residential electricity prices rise by 20%. After defeat of this measure, George Radanovich(R-CA) offered a similar amendment that would cancel only Title III if electricity prices in the residential sector rise by 100%. This measure was also defeated. In the hearing, Bart Stupak (D-MI) called into question the seriousness of these “message amendments.” He stated they are only offered to be used by the Republicans to spur sensational headlines about lack of sympathy by Democrats. Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-TX) responded that they were indeed “message amendments” to the American people in an attempt to convey that supporters of the bill care nothing about cost to the ratepayer.
• Lee Terry (R-NE) offered an amendment that cancels the law if average gas prices reach $5 per gallon.
• Fred Upton (R-MI) offered an amendment that suspends the law if the nation’s unemployment rate for the prior year reaches 15% as a result of the law.
• Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) offered an amendment requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency‎ (EPA) to label energy bills, food, manufactured products and fuels with the price impact this law has on the item.
• Cliff Stearns (R-FL) offered an amendment to remove existing nuclear power from the baseline of the Renewable Electricity Standard. (Although nuclear power does not emit greenhouse gasses, this amendment would have potentially reduced the overall implementation of renewable energy under this act by around 20%, the amount of nuclear electricity generation in the United States).^[4]

(Wikipedia)  So much for negotiating and compromise.  That only happens when Reps are the majority.

Too funny – Patrick Kennedy left REHAB to vote for this.  Rehab???

Michelle Malkin has links on the vote.  Check her site out to see if your Congressman is as stupid as mine.  Michelle Malkin has updated her list here.

It seems as though our “elected leaders” have passed another nation killing bit of legislation WITHOUT EVEN READING IT.  Didn’t their mommies tell them to read all the small print before signing their name to anything?  Evidently 300 pages were added to the bill at 2 am, the day of the vote.  We deserve better than this.

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