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John Boehner vs. Henry Waxman
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House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) fought a noble crusade against the Cap n’ Trade Energy Tax Bill on the House Floor on Friday, reading an hour’s worth of choice parts from the bill, illustrating the taxing effect it will have on everyone.
(As The Hill reports, when asked why did that, he responded, “Hey, people deserve to know what’s in this pile of s–t.”)
House Weasel Henry Waxman (D-CA) obviously didn’t like this, especially since the 1500+ page bill was fast-tracked through so quickly that virtually no one had a chance to read it in its entirety. Now that Boehner was using his privilege as Leader to claim unlimited speaking time, and exposing some of the outrageous provisions it includes, Waxman (and many other Democrats) were naturally getting nervous.
So, Waxman tried to shut him up by pressing the Speaker to cut off his time to speak, only to be rebuffed by the House rules (as mentioned above), after which Boehner asked:
the Chairman [of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Henry Waxman] has the audacity to drop a 300+ page amendment in the hopper at 3:09 a.m. this morning! And so, I would ask my colleagues: don’t you think the American people expect us to understand what’s in this bill before we vote on it?!
Check out the clip here:
And there are a couple of other interesting clips related to this, such as this clip of Warren Buffet slamming the Cap n’ Trade Energy Tax as a huge hit for everyone, and this clip by American Solutions showing Obama’s original promise not to raise taxes, while explaining how his plan is going to hit any users of energy (i.e., everyone).