Updated July 9, 2009 Some have postulated that the current period resembles that of the early 1930s in America. It’s difficult to argue. The Smoot-Hawley tariff act was a very ill-advised measure taken by the Hoover administration that seriously crippled the ailing US economy during the 1930s. It levied tariffs on a large number of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »States Committing Suicide? Tariffs Added to HR 2454 / 2998 / Cap & Trade At Their Insistence Puts Bill Over The Top in the House
By Stubborn_Facts
Posted in Cap & Trade, Economic Policy, Featured, Legislation, Sovereignty , 2998, amendment, amendments, Cap & Trade, cap and trade, Congress, congressman, congressmen, denver post, depression, economic, economy, editorial, exports, Great Depression, h.r.2454, house, house of representatives, hr 2998, imports, industry, manufacturing, newspaper, smoot hawley, Sovereignty, states rights, tariff, tariffs, tenth amendment, trade |
2 Comments »
Senate Committee for Cap & Trade HR 2454 / 2998 is the EPW Committee on Evironment and Public Works
By Stubborn_Facts
Posted in Cap & Trade, Economic Policy, Legislation , 2998, barbara boxer, Cap & Trade, cap and trade, capitol, climate change, commitee, committee on the environment and public works, committees, epw, global warming, h.r.2454, hearing, hearings, hr 2998, james inhofe, Legislation, majority, members, minority, press releases, senate, senators, staff, staffers, videos |
No Comments »
The Senate Committee that is handling Cap & Trade is the Committee on Environment and Public Works. The Chairman (sorry, no PC here) is Barbara Boxer (CA), ranking Republican James Inhofe (OK). I will admit I had no idea what kind of structure these Congressional committees had until dealing with recent pieces of legislation. Why [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
