This country has just gone to

[Crookshanks]

Here's another little tidbit that was in the last-minute, 300-page amendment: if a person wants to sell their house, they must first have a Federal EPA investigator come in and give the house an energy efficiency rating. If the rating is not high enough, the government will not allow you to sell your house. Got that people - the government will NOT ALLOW a private citizen sell his private property until the house is upgraded enough to pass the EPA regulations! How does that sound to all of you?

All those great little deals known as fixer-uppers will be gone! And businesses such as "We Buy Ugly Houses" will probably go out of business. But hey, it's all good since we're saving the planet from the very "pollutant" that trees need to grow.

This bill will allow the government to come in and regulate all sorts of things such as what light bulbs you can use and what type of thermostat and what temperature you can keep your house - gee, sounds like paradise to me!

[ElNono]

Here's another little tidbit that was in the last-minute, 300-page amendment: if a person wants to sell their house, they must first have a Federal EPA investigator come in and give the house an energy efficiency rating. If the rating is not high enough, the government will not allow you to sell your house. Got that people - the government will NOT ALLOW a private citizen sell his private property until the house is upgraded enough to pass the EPA regulations! How does that sound to all of you?

All those great little deals known as fixer-uppers will be gone! And businesses such as "We Buy Ugly Houses" will probably go out of business. But hey, it's all good since we're saving the planet from the very "pollutant" that trees need to grow.

This bill will allow the government to come in and regulate all sorts of things such as what light bulbs you can use and what type of thermostat and what temperature you can keep your house - gee, sounds like paradise to me!

Why do you hate our planet?

[Marcus Bryant]

Here's another little tidbit that was in the last-minute, 300-page amendment: if a person wants to sell their house, they must first have a Federal EPA investigator come in and give the house an energy efficiency rating. If the rating is not high enough, the government will not allow you to sell your house. Got that people - the government will NOT ALLOW a private citizen sell his private property until the house is upgraded enough to pass the EPA regulations! How does that sound to all of you?

All those great little deals known as fixer-uppers will be gone! And businesses such as "We Buy Ugly Houses" will probably go out of business. But hey, it's all good since we're saving the planet from the very "pollutant" that trees need to grow.

This bill will allow the government to come in and regulate all sorts of things such as what light bulbs you can use and what type of thermostat and what temperature you can keep your house - gee, sounds like paradise to me!

Nice. Do you have a link for that?

[Crookshanks]

Actually, I heard the clips of John Boehner reading from the amendment, and I heard Mic e Bachman today reporting on the same thing. Since the bill wasn't actually written when it was voted on, there may not be a copy out there yet. So much for all this transparancy - they voted on a bill that hadn't even been written yet!

[Crookshanks]

Why do you hate our planet?

Why are you so blind and stupid?

[Marcus Bryant]

Why are you so blind and stupid?

I believe you are referring to a sarcastic comment.

[Ignignokt]

Why do you hate our planet?

Why are you ignorant of your planet?

[ElNono]

I believe you are referring to a sarcastic comment.

Somebody got it...

[Crookshanks]

Sorry about that El Nono - I wasn't totally paying attention because it was almost time to clock out. I see now that you were channeling Chump - my bad!

[ElNono]

Sorry about that El Nono - I wasn't totally paying attention because it was almost time to clock out. I see now that you were channeling Chump - my bad!

No worries. I know that piece of... legislation can drive people irate. No harm done.

[CosmicCowboy]

So Zero Rodriguez didn't vote for it? That's a surprise. He was probably one of those "at risk" congressmen they let off the hook.

[Winehole23]

111th Congress: 2009-2010
To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.
This is the so-called Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill and was considered more comprehensive and ambitious than both the Lieberman-Warner Bill and President Obama’s proposal. For more information, see Climate Change Legislation: Where Does it Stand?.
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA30]


This bill never became law. This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books. Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate under a new number in the next session.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2454

[The Reckoning]

lol good thing we designed government to be inefficient