The tragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is being taken advantage of by the Progressives. Barack Hussein Obama’s administration is already freezing more offshore oil exploration/drilling. Now Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and John Kerry (D-MA) are using this accident as a pretext for their climate bill. Progressive Republican Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has bailed but this is not stopping them from proceeding with this travesty.
Kerry and Lieberman’s efforts took a major hit when their Republican co-architect, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, walked away from the bill shortly before its scheduled rollout last month.
Since then, partisan polarization has intensified and the politics of energy were muddled further by the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Though Kerry and Lieberman added new curbs on drilling — including allowing states to block their neighbors’ plans to drill offshore — the legislation does not ban new drilling altogether.
Still, Kerry and Lieberman say they’ve lined up wide support from utilities, oil companies and other business leaders they’ve courted for months. They hope that backing will lead to support from moderate Democrats and crossover Republicans.
Read it all: Senate’s delayed climate change-energy bill set for unveiling — and uncertainty
Rahm Emanuel said never let a crisis go to waste.
Tags: Cap-N-Trade, Climate Change Fraud
