Senate resolution against the EPA power grab
I received the following two e-mails concerning the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Monday and Wednesday. It is time sensitive concerning a Senate vote today (Thursday). I have not checked out the links.
From Freedom Action sent on June 7, 2010 http://www.freedomaction.org/
“Dear Fellow Patriot,
I am writing to ask you to take two minutes to e-mail your Senators and help stop the biggest threat to America’s freedom and prosperity that President Obama has attempted so far.
Senate Votes on Thursday—Click Here to Take Action to Stop Obama's Power Grab
That’s right—a bigger threat than the bailouts, the ‘stimulus’ bill, and the trillion dollar deficits. Even a bigger threat than ObamaCare. We must not let it happen again.
President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has taken the first steps to control our entire economy in the name of saving the planet from global warming. EPA has declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are pollutants that endanger public health and welfare and is rushing through Clean Air Act regulations to tell us how much and what kind of energy we can use.
EPA has already decided that the American people are going to have to use a lot less energy in the near future. How much will we have to pay for that energy? A lot more. Higher electric rates, higher gasoline prices, higher heating bills, higher airline fares, higher food prices, and higher prices for nearly every product we buy.
President Obama himself said that under his plan, electricity prices will ‘necessarily skyrocket.’ A recent study by Harvard University’s Belfer Center predicts that to achieve Obama’s goals will require gasoline prices of $7 to $9 a gallon.
Yet, there is hope from an unlikely source that Obama can be stopped—the U. S. Senate. On June 10, the Senate will vote on a Resolution offered by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to deny EPA the authority to regulate our energy use. The vote looks like it will be very close. You can make the difference by e-mailing both your Senators today to tell them to vote Yes on the Murkowski Resolution of Disapproval of the EPA’s Endangerment Finding. You can do this by using Freedom Action’s automated form.
Click Here to Stop Obama's Power Grab
Forty-one Senators, including three Democrats, are sponsoring the Murkowski Resolution, which is officially titled Senate Joint Resolution 26 (or S. J. Res. 26). We must put pressure on the Senate to reach the 51 votes needed to pass the resolution on June 10. It’s critical that Senators hear from their constituents immediately.
The left has geared up to defeat the Murkowski Resolution. Environmental pressure groups and big government groups are throwing millions of dollars into radio and television advertising. They are running some of the most dishonest political ads I’ve ever seen in key States like Arkansas, Louisiana, and Nebraska.
That’s why it is absolutely essential that you make your voice heard in Washington. Please take two minutes to fill in your name and address and click Send on Freedom Action’s web site. Your e-mail will be sent to the offices of both your U. S. Senators.
Stop $7 a Gallon Gas—Click Here
Why are President Obama and the EPA doing this? They say: It’s to stop global warming. What global warming!? The scientist at the center of the ClimateGate scandal admitted recently that there has been no statistically significant global warming since 1995. In fact, since 2002, global temperatures have gone down slightly.
Do you see a pattern here? Make wild claims about global warming and looming catastrophes. Manipulate the data, ignore the facts, and shut up anyone who tries to speak the truth. Then regulate the economy on the basis of phony science and scare stories. It’s all straight out of Al Gore’s playbook.
The fact is that America and the world get over 80% of the energy we use from the three fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas. Coal provides 50% of our electricity. Oil provides over 90% of our vehicle fuels. Yes, burning these three fuels produces carbon dioxide, a naturally-occurring trace gas necessary for life on Earth. Without carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, plants could not photosynthesize solar energy. And without greenhouse gases, Earth would be too cold to support life.
Affordable energy is the basis of the American standard of living. What will happen if Obama’s EPA forces us to reduce drastically the use of fossil fuels? First, a regulatory nightmare. Followed by an economic train wreck that will make us poorer.
Here’s what Mississippi’s Republican Governor, Haley Barbour, said in support of the Murkowski Resolution: ‘Reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act will undoubtedly increase the cost of energy, increase the cost of doing business, increase the cost of consumer products, and jeopardize millions of jobs by putting U.S. manufacturers at a disadvantage against foreign competitors.’
That’s why the Senate vote on June 10 on S. J. Res. 26 is so critical to America’s future. And we can win this vote. A number of Democratic Senators who voted for ObamaCare are getting nervous about voting against the wishes of their voters again so soon and with an election approaching in November. As President Reagan said, ‘When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.’ By contacting your Senators today, you and hundreds of thousands of other American patriots will be turning up the heat.
Tell Your Senators to Vote Yes on June 10
If the global warming scare is based on phony science, why is President Obama so determined to regulate greenhouse gas emissions? It’s all about big government control over our lives and the economy. Thomas Friedman, the loony liberal columnist for the New York Times, let the cat out of the bag when he said that he fantasizes that we should be like China and ‘authorize the right solutions ... on everything from the economy to the environment.’ Just forget about democracy, constitutional rights, limited government and stuff like that, and authorize the right solutions! Well, President Obama is working to do just that.
Cap-and-trade (better known as cap-and-tax) legislation was the first attempt to put government in charge of how much energy we can use. The House passed the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill on June 26, 2009 by a 219-212 vote.
Many big corporations, such as Goldman Sachs, General Electric, Duke Energy, General Motors, and Dow Chemical, support cap-and-tax because they would be rewarded with hundreds of billions of dollars of windfall profits from special deals in the legislation.
But the American people figured out that cap-and-tax meant much higher energy prices for them and said No! That’s why the Kerry-Lieberman cap-and-tax bill is dead in the Senate. And that’s why President Obama is resorting to backdoor EPA regulations to raise energy prices through the roof.
What is most outrageous is that they think they can mount this sneak attack on American consumers without Congressional approval. Senate passage of the Murkowski Resolution to block the EPA regulations will send a strong message to the White House to back off and put immediate pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) to hold a vote on the Resolution in the House. Already, 170 House Members have co-sponsored an identical House version of Senator Murkowski’s Resolution. This list includes two Democratic committee chairmen and a number of other senior Democrats.
As I said, it looks to be a very close vote on June 10. That’s why I urge you to e-mail your Senators today and tell them to vote Yes on the Murkowski Resolution of Disapproval. It’s the most important action you can take right now to stop Obama’s big government takeover.
Click Here to Take Action Now!
Here’s some background on us—Freedom Action:
Freedom Action is a web-based grassroots activist group dedicated to more freedom and less government. Our motto is what Margaret Thatcher said about President Reagan, ‘He put freedom on the offensive.’
Senator James M. Inhofe (Republican-Oklahoma) is the Ranking Member and former Chairman of the Environment and Public Works and was named the most conservative Senator by National Journal. This is what Senator Inhofe said about us:
‘I have been leading the fight against the global warming hoax in the Senate for a decade. Myron Ebell and his team have always been there fighting beside me. Freedom Action is an invaluable ally.’
America did not become great because big government told us what to do and will not remain great if we continue down the path laid out by President Obama. We have a difficult struggle to block President Obama on this and on many other issues to come.
But a clear sign that the tide has turned in our direction is the fact that the most important global warming vote in the Senate this year is not on whether to pass the Kerry-Lieberman cap-and-tax bill, but on whether to stop EPA from regulating America into energy poverty.
We can stop Obama’s EPA power grab by working together to make Congress feel the heat. I invite you to join us at Freedom Action in going on the offense for freedom. Click here to send a message to your Senators now. Remember, the vote is on Thursday, June 10th.
Thanks for all you do to keep America strong!
Yours for freedom,
Myron Ebell
Myron Ebell
President
Freedom Action
1899 L Street, NWSuite 1250
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 331-2777
FreedomAction.org
FreedomAction.net”
From Americans for Prosperity at http://www.americansforprosperity.org/ on June 9, 2010.
“It’s really sad and outrageous. The Left is already trying to use the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to raise money for their causes and to pass more job-killing, freedom-crushing regulations.
Take the ultra-liberal group Americans United. They are running a new TV ad saying the oil spill is why senators have to oppose the badly needed Murkowski resolution that will be voted on Thursday. Shameless.
In reality, the Murkowski resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 26 (SJ Res 26), is a long overdue effort to rein in President Obama’s out-of-control Environmental Protection Agency—which is piling bureaucratic red tape and new fees and taxes on every small business in America. This resolution will stop the EPA’s astonishing efforts to regulate the whole U.S. economy by shoehorning global warming regulations into the 1970 Clean Air Act.
This commonsense resolution—which finally puts Congress back in charge of these un-elected bureaucrats at the EPA—is not subject to filibuster and needs 51 votes to clear the Senate. I’m asking you to call and email your senators today CLICK HERE.
Tell them to vote YES on the Murkowski resolution, SJ Res 26.
Tell them to stop these job-killing regulations that the EPA keeps piling on Americans.
Tell them that the decision on any global warming program should be made by Congress—not outsourced to the EPA.
Just last month I was in Dover, Ohio with Americans for Prosperity’s Regulation Reality Tour, and the owner of a small rubber business there told me with anguish on his face, ‘We’ve figured out how to beat the Chinese. We’re more productive. We’re more efficient. It’s my own government that’s killing my business.’
That’s what the vote on the Murkowski resolution is all about—stopping un-elected government bureaucrats from marching in and arrogantly telling struggling small businesses how to run their lives.
Let’s make sure these senators are hearing from us. Click here to call and email your senators today!
Tim
P.S.: This vote is a big opportunity to send the Left a message: stop using the Gulf oil spill to push your radical agenda. Click here to call and email your senators today to tell them to vote YES on SJ Res 26 and rein in the out-of-control EPA.
Remember, the vote in the Senate is Thursday and we need 51 votes to win, so act today and please send this call to action to your friends and family.”
I received the following two e-mails concerning the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Monday and Wednesday. It is time sensitive concerning a Senate vote today (Thursday). I have not checked out the links.
From Freedom Action sent on June 7, 2010 http://www.freedomaction.org/
“Dear Fellow Patriot,
I am writing to ask you to take two minutes to e-mail your Senators and help stop the biggest threat to America’s freedom and prosperity that President Obama has attempted so far.
Senate Votes on Thursday—Click Here to Take Action to Stop Obama's Power Grab
That’s right—a bigger threat than the bailouts, the ‘stimulus’ bill, and the trillion dollar deficits. Even a bigger threat than ObamaCare. We must not let it happen again.
President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has taken the first steps to control our entire economy in the name of saving the planet from global warming. EPA has declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are pollutants that endanger public health and welfare and is rushing through Clean Air Act regulations to tell us how much and what kind of energy we can use.
EPA has already decided that the American people are going to have to use a lot less energy in the near future. How much will we have to pay for that energy? A lot more. Higher electric rates, higher gasoline prices, higher heating bills, higher airline fares, higher food prices, and higher prices for nearly every product we buy.
President Obama himself said that under his plan, electricity prices will ‘necessarily skyrocket.’ A recent study by Harvard University’s Belfer Center predicts that to achieve Obama’s goals will require gasoline prices of $7 to $9 a gallon.
Yet, there is hope from an unlikely source that Obama can be stopped—the U. S. Senate. On June 10, the Senate will vote on a Resolution offered by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to deny EPA the authority to regulate our energy use. The vote looks like it will be very close. You can make the difference by e-mailing both your Senators today to tell them to vote Yes on the Murkowski Resolution of Disapproval of the EPA’s Endangerment Finding. You can do this by using Freedom Action’s automated form.
Click Here to Stop Obama's Power Grab
Forty-one Senators, including three Democrats, are sponsoring the Murkowski Resolution, which is officially titled Senate Joint Resolution 26 (or S. J. Res. 26). We must put pressure on the Senate to reach the 51 votes needed to pass the resolution on June 10. It’s critical that Senators hear from their constituents immediately.
The left has geared up to defeat the Murkowski Resolution. Environmental pressure groups and big government groups are throwing millions of dollars into radio and television advertising. They are running some of the most dishonest political ads I’ve ever seen in key States like Arkansas, Louisiana, and Nebraska.
That’s why it is absolutely essential that you make your voice heard in Washington. Please take two minutes to fill in your name and address and click Send on Freedom Action’s web site. Your e-mail will be sent to the offices of both your U. S. Senators.
Stop $7 a Gallon Gas—Click Here
Why are President Obama and the EPA doing this? They say: It’s to stop global warming. What global warming!? The scientist at the center of the ClimateGate scandal admitted recently that there has been no statistically significant global warming since 1995. In fact, since 2002, global temperatures have gone down slightly.
Do you see a pattern here? Make wild claims about global warming and looming catastrophes. Manipulate the data, ignore the facts, and shut up anyone who tries to speak the truth. Then regulate the economy on the basis of phony science and scare stories. It’s all straight out of Al Gore’s playbook.
The fact is that America and the world get over 80% of the energy we use from the three fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas. Coal provides 50% of our electricity. Oil provides over 90% of our vehicle fuels. Yes, burning these three fuels produces carbon dioxide, a naturally-occurring trace gas necessary for life on Earth. Without carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, plants could not photosynthesize solar energy. And without greenhouse gases, Earth would be too cold to support life.
Affordable energy is the basis of the American standard of living. What will happen if Obama’s EPA forces us to reduce drastically the use of fossil fuels? First, a regulatory nightmare. Followed by an economic train wreck that will make us poorer.
Here’s what Mississippi’s Republican Governor, Haley Barbour, said in support of the Murkowski Resolution: ‘Reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act will undoubtedly increase the cost of energy, increase the cost of doing business, increase the cost of consumer products, and jeopardize millions of jobs by putting U.S. manufacturers at a disadvantage against foreign competitors.’
That’s why the Senate vote on June 10 on S. J. Res. 26 is so critical to America’s future. And we can win this vote. A number of Democratic Senators who voted for ObamaCare are getting nervous about voting against the wishes of their voters again so soon and with an election approaching in November. As President Reagan said, ‘When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.’ By contacting your Senators today, you and hundreds of thousands of other American patriots will be turning up the heat.
Tell Your Senators to Vote Yes on June 10
If the global warming scare is based on phony science, why is President Obama so determined to regulate greenhouse gas emissions? It’s all about big government control over our lives and the economy. Thomas Friedman, the loony liberal columnist for the New York Times, let the cat out of the bag when he said that he fantasizes that we should be like China and ‘authorize the right solutions ... on everything from the economy to the environment.’ Just forget about democracy, constitutional rights, limited government and stuff like that, and authorize the right solutions! Well, President Obama is working to do just that.
Cap-and-trade (better known as cap-and-tax) legislation was the first attempt to put government in charge of how much energy we can use. The House passed the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill on June 26, 2009 by a 219-212 vote.
Many big corporations, such as Goldman Sachs, General Electric, Duke Energy, General Motors, and Dow Chemical, support cap-and-tax because they would be rewarded with hundreds of billions of dollars of windfall profits from special deals in the legislation.
But the American people figured out that cap-and-tax meant much higher energy prices for them and said No! That’s why the Kerry-Lieberman cap-and-tax bill is dead in the Senate. And that’s why President Obama is resorting to backdoor EPA regulations to raise energy prices through the roof.
What is most outrageous is that they think they can mount this sneak attack on American consumers without Congressional approval. Senate passage of the Murkowski Resolution to block the EPA regulations will send a strong message to the White House to back off and put immediate pressure on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) to hold a vote on the Resolution in the House. Already, 170 House Members have co-sponsored an identical House version of Senator Murkowski’s Resolution. This list includes two Democratic committee chairmen and a number of other senior Democrats.
As I said, it looks to be a very close vote on June 10. That’s why I urge you to e-mail your Senators today and tell them to vote Yes on the Murkowski Resolution of Disapproval. It’s the most important action you can take right now to stop Obama’s big government takeover.
Click Here to Take Action Now!
Here’s some background on us—Freedom Action:
Freedom Action is a web-based grassroots activist group dedicated to more freedom and less government. Our motto is what Margaret Thatcher said about President Reagan, ‘He put freedom on the offensive.’
Senator James M. Inhofe (Republican-Oklahoma) is the Ranking Member and former Chairman of the Environment and Public Works and was named the most conservative Senator by National Journal. This is what Senator Inhofe said about us:
‘I have been leading the fight against the global warming hoax in the Senate for a decade. Myron Ebell and his team have always been there fighting beside me. Freedom Action is an invaluable ally.’
America did not become great because big government told us what to do and will not remain great if we continue down the path laid out by President Obama. We have a difficult struggle to block President Obama on this and on many other issues to come.
But a clear sign that the tide has turned in our direction is the fact that the most important global warming vote in the Senate this year is not on whether to pass the Kerry-Lieberman cap-and-tax bill, but on whether to stop EPA from regulating America into energy poverty.
We can stop Obama’s EPA power grab by working together to make Congress feel the heat. I invite you to join us at Freedom Action in going on the offense for freedom. Click here to send a message to your Senators now. Remember, the vote is on Thursday, June 10th.
Thanks for all you do to keep America strong!
Yours for freedom,
Myron Ebell
Myron Ebell
President
Freedom Action
1899 L Street, NWSuite 1250
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 331-2777
FreedomAction.org
FreedomAction.net”
From Americans for Prosperity at http://www.americansforprosperity.org/ on June 9, 2010.
“It’s really sad and outrageous. The Left is already trying to use the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to raise money for their causes and to pass more job-killing, freedom-crushing regulations.
Take the ultra-liberal group Americans United. They are running a new TV ad saying the oil spill is why senators have to oppose the badly needed Murkowski resolution that will be voted on Thursday. Shameless.
In reality, the Murkowski resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 26 (SJ Res 26), is a long overdue effort to rein in President Obama’s out-of-control Environmental Protection Agency—which is piling bureaucratic red tape and new fees and taxes on every small business in America. This resolution will stop the EPA’s astonishing efforts to regulate the whole U.S. economy by shoehorning global warming regulations into the 1970 Clean Air Act.
This commonsense resolution—which finally puts Congress back in charge of these un-elected bureaucrats at the EPA—is not subject to filibuster and needs 51 votes to clear the Senate. I’m asking you to call and email your senators today CLICK HERE.
Tell them to vote YES on the Murkowski resolution, SJ Res 26.
Tell them to stop these job-killing regulations that the EPA keeps piling on Americans.
Tell them that the decision on any global warming program should be made by Congress—not outsourced to the EPA.
Just last month I was in Dover, Ohio with Americans for Prosperity’s Regulation Reality Tour, and the owner of a small rubber business there told me with anguish on his face, ‘We’ve figured out how to beat the Chinese. We’re more productive. We’re more efficient. It’s my own government that’s killing my business.’
That’s what the vote on the Murkowski resolution is all about—stopping un-elected government bureaucrats from marching in and arrogantly telling struggling small businesses how to run their lives.
Let’s make sure these senators are hearing from us. Click here to call and email your senators today!
Tim
P.S.: This vote is a big opportunity to send the Left a message: stop using the Gulf oil spill to push your radical agenda. Click here to call and email your senators today to tell them to vote YES on SJ Res 26 and rein in the out-of-control EPA.
Remember, the vote in the Senate is Thursday and we need 51 votes to win, so act today and please send this call to action to your friends and family.”
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