At least they increased CAFE standards.
That's one thing that makes the whole 4+ year effort worthwhile!
Posted by muckcat at July 29, 2005 11:00 AMthis is about as good a bill as could be expected,
The problem with this, like everything done since 1/01, is that we were better off before. This is nothing more than the Energy Big Bidness Bill.
Posted by Marie at July 29, 2005 11:24 AMMr. Cheney at his crony finest:
From Salon:
According to a Reuters report, Waxman said that DeLay's measure would effectively direct the Energy Department to "contract with a corporation that is constructed as a consortium." The "consortium" in question happens to be based in Sugar Land -- DeLay's home district. As if the House Majority Leader's alleged cronyism wasn't enough, one of the members of this consortium happens to be, you guessed it, Halliburton.
I know the dems can't stop this, but they should shine a big light on it.
Posted by Roy Batty at July 29, 2005 11:31 AMAt least they increased CAFE standards.
Did they? I haven't seen anything about this.
Also, increasing the CAFE would be nice, but making light trucks part of CAFE would be nicer.
Posted by Daniel Maskit at July 29, 2005 11:34 AMJust more corporate welfare. I hope these clowns in the senate realize how much of an increased tax burden this puts on their children.
Posted by ann at July 29, 2005 12:05 PMDid they? I haven't seen anything about this.
Sorry to burst your bubble Daniel but I was being sarcastic, trying to point out the utterly bankrupt nature of this bills effect on reducing our oil dependancy by making light of the fact that they didn't do the most obvious thing they could have to effect it.
Posted by muckcat at July 29, 2005 12:06 PMDon't blame Clinton's failings in the 90's as the likely similar outcome of a Democratic administration towards the end of this decade. And it wasn't Clinton in a vacuum that shut down those ideas; the GOP congress killed those efforts as well.
Posted by Steve Soto at July 29, 2005 01:21 PMTitle Correction: "Senate Sends Largely-Irrelevant Energy Bill To Largely-Irrelevant Bush"
Posted by Stupendousman at July 29, 2005 02:15 PMDon't blame Clinton's failings in the 90's as the likely similar outcome of a Democratic administration towards the end of this decade. And it wasn't Clinton in a vacuum that shut down those ideas; the GOP congress killed those efforts as well.
I should of just responded for you Steve because I knew this would be your answer. If it's congress's fault that it killed those efforts it must be congress's fault that your hold the 90's economics in such high regard, right? It's always the other guys fault if you don't like something but you take credit when something looks good. Politics 101.
Posted by Centrist at July 30, 2005 06:36 AMIt's a great bill. It allows EXXON to buy your local power grid from the COOP. We can finally get cheap efficient electricity in all of the United States...just like California.
Posted by phidipides at July 30, 2005 11:10 AM