I follow Cantor and Boehner on twitter. Both have them have
been going crazy posting that the house has passed multiple bills to create
jobs, but Reid won’t move the bills. Reid is sort of a milquetoast, but if he
blocked this pile of crapola then my hats off to him.
Here is the list. Everything noted here is NOT proposed
legislation. Everything here was PASSED BY THE HOUSE. Even if the Repubs won
the Senate, I doubt that any of this would survive senate filibuster, but it is
a stunning list of what they really want and a clear record of what they would
do if given the chance. Is it deregulation or dismantlement?? Obama has been
saying that none of this is serious job creation and especially not in the near
to med term. If he's wrong someone needs to point out where that would be. The
list comes directly from Cantor's site. The description of the legislation
comes from www.govtrack.us. The full text
of the bills is available there.
1) HR2018 Clean Water Cooperative Federalism-- The bill
amends the Clean Water Act (CWA), which would allocate the primary
responsibilities for water pollution control to the states- Holy crap! That's a
whopper! This has passed and while not explicitly eliminating the EPA it would
eviscerate it's authority in water pollution control. Water and airways do not
stop at state borders. F***ing ridiculous!
2) HR72-- Review of Federal Regulations-Directing certain
standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed
regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Government, particularly
with respect to their effect on jobs and economic growth. Obama is endorsing
similar though more restrictive legislation.
3) HR 872 The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act-To amend the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation
of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes.
4) HR 910 The Energy Tax Prevention Act-- To amend the Clean
Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or
taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate
change, and for other purposes.
5) HJ Res 37 Disapproval of FCC's Net Neutrality
Regulations- The specific decision the House Resolution is referring to is in
relation to the FCC vote last December on a proposal stating that internet
providers could not limit a consumers access to websites. Apparently some
internet browser sites are limiting consumer access to sites of the
competition, in some cases erroneously stating that the limit is a result of
bandwidth restrictions.
6) HR 1315 Consumer Financial Protection & Soundness
Improvement Act-- Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act to authorize the Chairperson of the Financial Stability
Oversight Council to issue a stay of, or set aside, any regulation issued by
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) upon the affirmative vote of
the majority (currently, two-thirds) of Council members, excluding the Chair of
the Commission of the CFPB (as provided for in this Act). They ought to be
ashamed of this one, a complete capituation to Wall Street.
7) HR2587 Protecting Jobs From Government Interference
Act-To prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any employer
to close, relocate, or transfer employment under any circumstance.
8) HR2401 Transparency In Regulatory Analysis Of Impacts On
The Nation To require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of
certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other
purposes.
9) H.R. 2681: Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 To
provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities, and
for other purposes.
10) H.R. 2250: EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 To provide
additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional
boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, and for other purposes.
11) H.R. 2273: Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act To
amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to facilitate recovery and
beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of
materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels. Sounds so
innocuous…
12) H.R. 674: 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation
Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments
made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified
adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain
healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes.
Now that’s a record of givebacks to industries of all sorts
that you can run on if you’re a republican.
We need to register and then we need to vote.
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