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Oil Flooding

Posted by Ted Bronson | Filed under Idiot Legislation, Public Servants?

One of the things about our government that really drives me bonkers is how little amendments get stuck onto otherwise unrelated bills. Take for example the bill S.2284 which has the purported purpose of reforming how Flood Insurance is managed. (For this discussion, I won’t go into my thoughts about the fed flood insurance program; neither you nor I have that much time.) But then comes along S.Amdt. 4720, which has absolutely nothing to do with flood insurance whatsoever.

Now S.Amdt. 4720 is a kind of important piece of legislation. It seems that it has enough importance to actually be it’s very own bill. It is the kind of thing that affects every single citizen of the United States, has immediate and long term ramifications, and is long overdue.

S.Amdt. 4720 is about opening up ANWR and coastal areas to petroleum producers. It was voted down. I would like for all of you to know exactly who voted for and against increasing our domestic oil production capabilities. I would like you to ask your Senators, your hirelings, why they decided not to approve it. Perhaps because they felt it was not appropriate to attach it to the Flood Ins. bill. Perhaps they thought it was a grandstand play that offended the sensibilities of their august Senate. Or perhaps they are just congenitally stupid and don’t realize that petroleum is the fuel of our American economy.

Either way, you should probably go ask. In case you don’t know how your particular hireling voted, this list is reprinted here via govtrack.us. (Thanks for the fine work you do over there.)

Alabama
Aye	AL	Sessions, Jefferson [R]
Aye	AL	Shelby, Richard [R]
Alaska
Aye	AK	Murkowski, Lisa [R]
Aye	AK	Stevens, Ted [R]
Arizona
Aye	AZ	Kyl, Jon [R]
No Vote	AZ	McCain, John [R]
Arkansas
Nay	AR	Lincoln, Blanche [D]
Nay	AR	Pryor, Mark [D]
California
Nay	CA	Boxer, Barbara [D]
Nay	CA	Feinstein, Dianne [D]
Colorado
Aye	CO	Allard, Wayne [R]
Nay	CO	Salazar, Ken [D]
Connecticut
Nay	CT	Dodd, Christopher [D]
Nay	CT	Lieberman, Joseph [I]
Delaware
Nay	DE	Biden, Joseph [D]
Nay	DE	Carper, Thomas [D]
Florida
Nay	FL	Martinez, Mel [R]
Nay	FL	Nelson, Bill [D]
Georgia
Aye	GA	Chambliss, C. [R]
Aye	GA	Isakson, John [R]
Hawaii
Nay	HI	Akaka, Daniel [D]
Nay	HI	Inouye, Daniel [D]
Idaho
Aye	ID	Craig, Larry [R]
Aye	ID	Crapo, Michael [R]
Illinois
Nay	IL	Durbin, Richard [D]
Nay	IL	Obama, Barack [D]
Indiana
Aye	IN	Lugar, Richard [R]
Nay	IN	Bayh, B. [D]
Iowa
Aye	IA	Grassley, Charles [R]
Nay	IA	Harkin, Thomas [D]
Kansas
Aye	KS	Brownback, Samuel [R]
Aye	KS	Roberts, Pat [R]
Kentucky
Aye	KY	Bunning, Jim [R]
Aye	KY	McConnell, Mitch [R]
Louisiana
Aye	LA	Landrieu, Mary [D]
Aye	LA	Vitter, David [R]
Maine
Nay	ME	Collins, Susan [R]
Nay	ME	Snowe, Olympia [R]
Maryland
Nay	MD	Cardin, Benjamin [D]
Nay	MD	Mikulski, Barbara [D]
Massachusetts
Nay	MA	Kennedy, Edward [D]
Nay	MA	Kerry, John [D]
Michigan
Nay	MI	Levin, Carl [D]
Nay	MI	Stabenow, Debbie Ann [D]
Minnesota
Nay	MN	Coleman, Norm [R]
Nay	MN	Klobuchar, Amy [D]
Mississippi
Aye	MS	Cochran, Thad [R]
Aye	MS	Wicker, Roger [R]
Missouri
Aye	MO	Bond, Christopher [R]
Nay	MO	McCaskill, Claire [D]
Montana
Nay	MT	Baucus, Max [D]
Nay	MT	Tester, Jon [D]
Nebraska
Aye	NE	Hagel, Charles [R]
Nay	NE	Nelson, Ben [D]
Nevada
Aye	NV	Ensign, John [R]
Nay	NV	Reid, Harry [D]
New Hampshire
Aye	NH	Gregg, Judd [R]
Aye	NH	Sununu, John [R]
New Jersey
Nay	NJ	Lautenberg, Frank [D]
Nay	NJ	Menendez, Robert [D]
New Mexico
Aye	NM	Domenici, Pete [R]
Nay	NM	Bingaman, Jeff [D]
New York
Nay	NY	Clinton, Hillary [D]
Nay	NY	Schumer, Charles [D]
North Carolina
Aye	NC	Burr, Richard [R]
Nay	NC	Dole, Elizabeth [R]
North Dakota
Nay	ND	Conrad, Kent [D]
Nay	ND	Dorgan, Byron [D]
Ohio
Aye	OH	Voinovich, George [R]
Nay	OH	Brown, Sherrod [D]
Oklahoma
Aye	OK	Coburn, Thomas [R]
No Vote	OK	Inhofe, James [R]
Oregon
Nay	OR	Smith, Gordon [R]
Nay	OR	Wyden, Ron [D]
Pennsylvania
Aye	PA	Specter, Arlen [R]
Nay	PA	Casey, Robert [D]
Rhode Island
Nay	RI	Reed, John [D]
Nay	RI	Whitehouse, Sheldon [D]
South Carolina
Aye	SC	DeMint, Jim [R]
Aye	SC	Graham, Lindsey [R]
South Dakota
Aye	SD	Thune, John [R]
Nay	SD	Johnson, Tim [D]
Tennessee
Aye	TN	Alexander, Lamar [R]
Aye	TN	Corker, Bob [R]
Texas
Aye	TX	Cornyn, John [R]
Aye	TX	Hutchison, Kay [R]
Utah
Aye	UT	Bennett, Robert [R]
Aye	UT	Hatch, Orrin [R]
Vermont
Nay	VT	Leahy, Patrick [D]
Nay	VT	Sanders, Bernard [I]
Virginia
Aye	VA	Warner, John [R]
Nay	VA	Webb, Jim [D]
Washington
Nay	WA	Cantwell, Maria [D]
Nay	WA	Murray, Patty [D]
West Virginia
Nay	WV	Byrd, Robert [D]
Nay	WV	Rockefeller, John [D]
Wisconsin
Nay	WI	Feingold, Russell [D]
Nay	WI	Kohl, Herbert [D]
Wyoming
Aye	WY	Barrasso, John [R]
Aye	WY	Enzi, Michael [R]

Tags: death of common sense

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2 Responses to “Oil Flooding”

1. Madrocketscientist Says:
   May 14th, 2008

   There is a group called Downsize DC that has been trying to rally support for a Read The Bills Act and a One Subject at a Time Act (Among many others).

   Reply
2. Jeffrey Nihart Says:
   May 15th, 2008

   “sigh”

   Let’s talk about jobs.
   American jobs.

   America has more oil in Alaska, the Gulf States and the West Coast than all the resources in the Middle East.

   We have huge deposits of shale oil east of the Rockies.
   Many American jobs could be created overnight; if only our elected Congressmen and Senators would allow Americans, to harvest our own resources. China is drilling for oil 80 miles off the coast of Key West!

   We have many idle military bases to build refineries and electric nuclear production facilities.

   We could build wind farms off many coastal areas.
   Solar and Geo-Thermal energy is another possibility.

   Imagine if you will the cost benefit of spending American dollars for American jobs to protect our future for our children.

   Why are politics, standing in the way of common sense, in the elections of 2008?

   JFK decided we were going to put a man on the moon and we did.
   Where are the real leaders of today?

   Reply

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