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27 comments on House to Vote Today on Energy Bill

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ChrisN on December 6, 2007 - 9:07pm

Imagine that two years ago you started in on a five-year project, you based the project economics on the rules in place at that time, and then half way through the project the rules are changed on you.

Which is exactly what the renewable energy industry has faced for most of its existence. Had we had a stable energy policy in place for the last 30 years, with long-lived incentives, and not one based on ad-hoc global diplomacy, I have no doubt that we'd have deployed far more RE by now than we have.

The RE industry should be so lucky as to enjoy the same sort of constancy in tax relief and federal incentives as the oil and gas industry has had for many decades.

But I think we're about to see that happen...hurrah.

--C

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john macklin on December 7, 2007 - 3:19pm

Yes. And the man at the top of the government heap, the man solely responsible for the Iraq debacle ($400B plus and counting) says he'll veto any bill that uses the tax code to favor or punish specific industries.

Jeez, here's the Senators who can override a veto you all need to call and ask where is your f...ing outrage? (okay, cursing probably is a bad idea)

Arizona - John McCain & Jon Kyl
Colorado - Wayne Allard
Florida - Mel Martinez
Idaho - Larry Craig & Mike Crapo
Indiana - Dick Lugar
Maine - Susan Collins & Olympia Snowe
Mississippi - Thad Cochran
Nevada - John Ensign
New Hampshire - John Sununu & Judd Gregg
Oregon - Gordon Smith Pennsylvania - Arlen Specter
South Dakota - John Thune
Tennessee - Lamar Alexander & Bob Corker
Utah - Orrin Hatch & Bob Bennett
Virginia - John Warner

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mdsolar on December 10, 2007 - 1:22pm

Hi John,

Collins and Snowe voted to proceed. Here are the no and not voting senators:
NAYs ---42
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Not Voting - 5
Ensign (R-NV)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)