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Offline Wretched Excess

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Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy
« on: February 24, 2009, 10:14:31 AM »

ah, finally.  the back door power grab.  I have been waiting for this.  "It's an emergency, please hand over your individual liberty".

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Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy

The future of U.S. energy and climate policy is starting to take shape, if comments by Senate majority leader Harry Reid at a clean-energy conference in Washington, D.C. are any guide.

The upshot? Congress’ stab at drafting climate legislation will be separate from other energy bills. And Washington—not the states—will be in the driver’s seat.

There’d been plenty of speculation that Congress would bundle together energy-related provisions and a climate bill in the same package. That way, the bitter pill of stricter regulation of greenhouse-gas emissions – and higher costs for energy – would be offset by a new round of goodies. For instance, there are bills in both the House and the Senate to establish national renewable-energy targets, a key step to jumpstarting clean energy and curbing greenhouse-gas emissions.

Sen. Reid said he’s decided that renewable-energy and climate change “are two separate issues, and we need to make this as easy to do as possible.” That means that the 111th Congress will again try to draft stand-alone climate legislation, even though the Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade bill was shot down in the Senate last year on fears it would impose extra costs on the economy.

Asked what has changed since that bill sank, Sen. Reid said “We had an election.”

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Re: Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2009, 10:16:09 AM »
Really?  I bet the 10th Amendment has something to say about that...
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Re: Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2009, 10:21:52 AM »
What happens if some state decides to drill for oil on non-federal lands, to produce and refine their own oil  and gas. Then use it to supply a state owned power company?  Don't know if there are any non-federal lands that would produce enough, though.
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Re: Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2009, 10:42:01 AM »
Quote from: djones520 on February 24, 2009, 10:16:09 AM
Really?  I bet the 10th Amendment has something to say about that...

What, that pesky little thing? No body cares about that irrelevant bit of drivel anymore.  [/sarc]
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Re: Harry Reid: Federal Action Trumps States’ Rights on Energy
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2009, 05:22:58 PM »
Well the states can't do anything.............a lot of people here keep telling others that the Federal goverment trumps any states rights.................reap what is sown.  sucks I know.

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