In what feels like deja vu all over again, the Senate and the House failed to worked together over the past two weeks to pass legislation.
Last week, the Senate voted 93-2 to extend the solar energy investment and wind energy production tax credits. The credits were set to expire at the end of this year.
With such an overwhelming “yes” vote, it was bound to pass in the House, right? Of course not. The House failed to vote on the tax credits, making it unlikely that an agreement on extensions would be reached before the elections.
And it’s not the first time. The bill has not passed in five previous attempts. Five.
Why hasn’t it passed yet? It depends on who you ask. As you can imagine, the Democrats blame the GOP for not supporting a plan that included funding from oil and gas companies to pay for the credits. The GOP blames the Democrats for taking an “all or nothing” approach, only agreeing to the extensions if they are fully paid for.
So we got nothing. It’s like the bailout plan all over again…
It seems to me by your Title of this article that you are faulting the GOP but your article tells 2 sides of disagreement. The public already knows after all this time that Nancy Pelosi, who needs to be removed from her position, has been disagreeing with everthing for years to spite the President, whom she has continuously, disrespectfully bashed, like her opinion is the only one in the whole wide world. These kind of brash, steamrollers are why I am an exDemocrat.
I’m sorry that you thought the title was partisan; it wasn’t meant to be. It was meant to be clever – and also indicative of a clear split between the House and Senate on key issues.
It might be better to title your article, “Once again Pelosi blocks house legislation.” It’s an embarrassment that the first time a woman achieves a higher political office than any female has that she botches the job so badly. She will not bring anything to the floor that the public wants if she doesn’t like it. What a dictator! She is such a liberal that she cannot fairly govern the house which is supposed to be closest to the people.
Your point is well taken. The House delay in passing the extension for alternative energy tax credits is partisan politics once again impeding the passage of sensible and necessary legislation. The present US Congress spends far too much time shuffling bills back and forth and is far too absorbed in partisan issues, rather than working for the good of Americans. The extension of alternative energy tax credits is one small but important step this country can take, if the US is seriously committed to achieving energy independence. Partisan politics has clearly delayed it’s passage. Any sensible legislation which promotes alternative energy, deserves passage without delay.
The present Congress has little to it’s credit as a legislative body. Our legislature has become a non-performing, mostly ineffective branch of government. Just as Wall Street and our banking system need a good cleaning, so does the US Congress.