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The Senate Republicans blocked legislative bill H.R. 5481 which would give the Presidential Investigation Commission the power to subpoena in the BP oil spill investigation. The House of Representatives voted 420-1 in favor of the bill. 420-1 in favor! That’s total bi-partisan support.
By blocking the bill the Commission will have to rely on the willingness of BP executives to provide information. On the video a Republican Senator say’s, “On behalf of ALL the members of the Republican conference I object.” I don’t know who the Republican is who is making that statement, but apparently he speaks for ALL Senate Republicans on the matter in the video.
This is a grotesque abuse of power from the Republicans. Not only are they not standing aside and letting the bill pass but they are obstructing it by objecting.
If they are trying to squander the good will people feel towards the Republican party after the mis-management of the oil spill by President Obama they are doing a great job. This is disgusting. I’m sure they will pay for this come November.
Even if you are a red blooded Republican, have a poster of Bill O’Reilly on your wall, and wear a Rush Limbaugh t-shirt on the weekends, I have no idea how you can defend this. How can you defend this?
Edit- Since publishing this post I have received this message from OpenCongress.org -
“Unfortunately, the blocking procedures used in the Senate have kept the bill from being voted on there, which means that there’s no official record of which Senators oppose it. So far, Sen. Jim DeMint (R – SC) has been the public face for Republicans opposing the bill.”
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Filed under: Oil Spill, politics Tagged: | Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, BP, H.R. 5481, Jim DeMint, legislation, OpenCongress.org, republican, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate
Between the Republicans and the White House… http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/07/03/white-house-enacts-rules-inhibiting-media-covering-oil-spill ….there is no hope that any truth/consequences/change will come out of any of this. It’s disgusting and makes me want to move to another country where I can ride my bike everywhere and never use oil again.
lol poor obama that he cant just push thru his solialist agenda
Easy to defend. If you allow this it will be another 911 commission all over again. I suggest you contact your senators and ask them not to vote for it, at least until after the election. I don’t believe anyone Obama appointed to the so call commission can be trusted nor are they qualified. Cancel your cable TV now and you will never hear or be appalled by this type of propaganda again. I see total dereliction of duty or stupidity by every member of congress on this one except for Ron Paul.