Whoops. Cheney getting a little too powerful for Bush Crime Family comfort?The House approved an energy bill Thursday that will provide billions of dollars in tax breaks to boost domestic energy production, over the objections of lawmakers who called the measure a costly giveaway to the energy industry.
The Republican-controlled House easily passed the bill on a 249-183 vote, despite fights over drilling in the Alaskan wilderness and whether to protect the oil industry from lawsuits over the fuel additive MTBE, which has contaminated drinking water in states from California to Maine.[...]
Even President Bush has complained about some of the bill's subsidies, telling an audience of Hispanic business owners this week, "With oil at more than $50 a barrel ... energy companies do not need taxpayer-funded incentives to explore for oil and gas."
P.S. I've just noticed that the Daily Twain (in the sidebar) for today is appropriate:
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." --Mark Twain
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