GOP Senators filibuster Defense bill for their oil company benefactors

[Gimpy]

Republican Senators filibuster Defense bill for their oil company benefactors


Just when you think the GOP Senate obstructionists can't sink any lower, they do. Brandon Friedman at VetVoice posed this question: "Will Senate Republicans Vote Against the Troops?"


We have our answer. Yes, the Senate Republicans did vote against the troops.

Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republicans have basically been filibustering every bill until the oil companies get what they want. But, surely, they wouldn't put the oil companies over America's defense needs when we're in the middle of two wars???

Wrong! They did.


Seriously, they they filibustered a bill, S. 3001, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, which, among other things, provided pay raises for troops, health care and protection from IEDs. The bill needed 60 votes. Thirty-eight Republicans voted NO against moving forward. Harry Reid (who voted no for procedural reasons) had this to say (via email):

"As has been their hallmark this Congress, Bush-McCain Republicans have once again run away from an important debate, failing to back up their words with action. Despite their strong rhetoric on supporting our troops, they have refused to give them a well-deserved pay raise, denied our troops mine-resistant vehicles to keep them safe and said no to ensuring our servicemen and -women get the health care they need.

"It is this kind of misplaced priorities that is making America less secure. Our military readiness is down, Afghanistan is slipping further into violence, Pakistan remains in crisis, and Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri are still on the loose nearly seven years after 9/11. The Iraq war is not only costly, but President Bush and John McCain have provided no plan for responsibly ending the war and returning to the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban."

These Republicans are despicable. But, it pays, at least for them it does. Siding with the oil companies worked outl financially well for John McCain:

Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling.

Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month -- three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban -- compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April and $208,000 in May.

Now, the GOPers are putting their oil interests over America's soldiers. Sick. Damned SICK! That's REALLY "supporting the troops" alright!

You can see how YOUR senator voted here:...........


http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LI...n=2&vote=00195



Gimp

[Gimpy]

from all you "support the troops" CONservatives, HUH?

When the "Dems" did this a couple of years ago ......THEY were TRAITORS!---Remember?

Well what have you hypocrites got to say NOW!

NOTHING--of course!

Gimp

[Gimpy]

FIVE (5) DAYS now and counting..........and STILL no condemnation by any CONservatives of these Rethuglican politicians for "filbustering" a bill to "support the troops"???

Can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E.................?

Just asking.

Gimp

[darrels joy]

Bosom buddies: Nancy Pelosi and Big Wind

By Michelle Malkin • August 11, 2008 03:13 PM
It’s what conservative bloggers are buzzing about: the financial relationship between Do-Nothing Nancy Pelosi and Big Wind pusher T. Boone Pickens.
#dontgo reports that according to disclosure statements, “in May 2007 she invested in T. Boone Picken’s clean energy fuels corp., CLNE, which is the sole sponsor of a proposal in California to funnel $5 billion in state funds and $5 billion in Federal funs to this corporation which will indirectly help them create a giant wind farm in the Texas panhandle.”
Follow the money.
Get the whole scoop here and here.
Know your eco-cronies.
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Flashback: See-Dubya asks, “Why is T. Boone Pickens all over my Internet?”