Comments on: House Dems embrace “Drill, baby, drill”

By: shop

shop — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:21:34 +0000

Amazing, really. Would Bush have shut down the government before the bailout bill was passed — assuming the Democrats had been smart enough to do the stopgap spending bill

By: max

max — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:03:57 +0000

Although I prefer the Democrats to the Republicans, it is hard for me to understand the rationale of the Democratic actions here-it would be nice to see them lead rather than follow.

By: TomG

TomG — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:43:24 +0000

Bush?
He has his piorities….he would veto…

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:15:15 +0000

Unfortunately, there seems to be no Democrat in the house with authority on this issue willing to hold the line on drilling. On the financial crisis, you’ve got Barney Frank, who is as respected in DC as Paulsen and Beranke, and whose ideas carry real weight, but no one of that stature on energy and climate change (Markey is not, though he’s a good man).

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:25:42 +0000

Joe, I’m a bit confused. What exactly is going to become law…or expire. Will the plug in credits? or is that in the energy bill Bush will veto.

Also what about these 18 billion in tax credits? Are these a version of the Alt Energy bill (or of the drill bill) that will be veto’ed by Bush if the house aproves it?
http://www.greentechmedia.com/ articles/ senate-oks-18b-in-tax-credits-
1456.html

Please clarify…….