Vitter Introduces Amendment To Block Funds From Crucial Environmental Adviser
Vitter Introduces Amendment To Block Funds From Crucial Environmental Adviser
Yesterday, the National Journal reported that Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) has filed an amendment to the $32.1 billion FY10 Interior-Environment appropriations bill that would block any of the bill’s funds from being used to carry out orders from Carol Browner, director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, who is often referred to in the press as the White House “climate czar“:
Lawmakers have filed more than 20 amendments to the $32.1 billion FY10 Interior-Environment appropriations bill, including a proposal from Sen. David Vitter, R-La., that would prohibit any of the bill’s funds from being used to carry out directives from the White House climate change czar.
The amendment will ensure the climate czar is not directing actions of the departments and agencies funded in the bill, Vitter said.
While the right may be dedicated to portraying Browner’s position as unaccountable, unprecedented, and even “radical,” the fact is that Browner was originally brought into the executive branch as head of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1993 — a position in which she was unanimously approved by the Senate.
Since taking her role, Browner has been a vital part of efforts to combat climate change. She was involved in negotiating crucial new emissions standards with automakers last spring, and is a major part of congressional discussions over cap and trade.
Vitter’s amendment is likely more motivated by his anti-environmental views than any of his absurd claims that the White House’s use of special advisers is “unconstitutional.” In 2008, Vitter recieved the lowest possible rating — 0 percent — from three leading environmental groups: Environment America, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund. Last summer, Vitter told a room full of Exxon Mobil employees that he doesn’t think the science of global warming isn’t “clear and settled,” and has made opposition to climate change legislation one of his major priorities.
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Vitter is just bitter she won’t allow him to dress in diapers.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:14 amWhy is Diaper Dave the whore hopper not in jail? We lock up johns all over this country every day. Why not this jerk?
September 19th, 2009 at 10:17 amSorry OT:
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Suck the proverbial “Dick”, warmonger shit-stains.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:20 amWhy is it that the radical right fights against preventing environmental disaster? Are these the people who want disaster to bring about what they call the “end times”? Are these the people who believe good things, such as peace, are bad?
September 19th, 2009 at 10:26 amVitter is just trying to appear that he’s doing a good job
September 19th, 2009 at 10:31 amfor the polluters who pay him.
One can’t shut down all those refineries in LA. Where would a person get one’s “Lube”?
September 19th, 2009 at 10:33 amFINALLY! Republicans in Congress have finally found the courage to curtail the excesses of the Administrative Branch. After 8 years of giving the Executive Branch everything it wanted under the guise of Unitary Executive and War-Time President, Republicans are standing up and saying
Way to go, Republicans. Too bad you don’t do the same when a Republican is President. As long as it is one of your own, you’ll let ha President destroy the Constitution and the Country, as long as the haves, and have mores, get more and more.
:P
September 19th, 2009 at 10:33 amProving that Vitter cares nothing for future generations.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:39 amHe doesn’t care about the future because he cast his “seeds” at the whore house.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:42 amIt is very hard to have any respect at all for this person. He is another tool of industry and big business. This is the only planet we have, it makes sense to take care of it.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:44 amOh, and he doesn’t like Carol Browner whose only crime is to be pro-environment and a Democrat. Would you think that ALL of us should want to take care of our home. How can you say you love your country, and not take care of the thing you love?
September 19th, 2009 at 10:47 amI refuse to take anything this a$$hole says seriously.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:52 amSo what is Vitter’s problem? The diaper-favoring fool is anti environment, and how does he think this will help him?
September 19th, 2009 at 10:53 amIt will help citizens see that he is backward-thinking politician in the lowest sense of the word, in addition to being a prostitute-favoring adulterer who is clinging to whatever can make the news and appeal to the low-information voters who are his constituents.
dasm says:
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Proving that Vitter cares nothing for future generations
Vitter cares nothing for future generations because he believes there will be no future generations.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:54 amRest in peace, Deborah Jean Palfrey, I don’t believe for a minute that you killed yourself.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:06 amCan this admendment have any real effect? I mean, will it kill the bill? Does anyone know?
September 19th, 2009 at 11:06 amjjm says:
Can this admendment have any real effect? I mean, will it kill the bill? Does anyone know?
Just because he introduces an amendment doesn’t mean it ends up in the bill. The Democrats really do have a majority in both houses. This is about Vitter getting some attention and making points with Wingnutastan, not having any real effect on policy.
It’s all a piece of the GOP plan to obstruct anything the administration tries to do, even if the obstruction is futile–it still means dragging things out and slowing policy to a crawl.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:14 amVitter’s idea of women in the workforce is tied to women who sell their bodies for a living.
Why hasn’t this man been arrested on charges of solicitation and employment of the services of a prostitute?
There are many ordinary Joes who have gone through the criminal justice system for mere solicitation of an undercover policewoman.
Vitter is the typical repiggie sleazebag prevalent throughout the repiggie ranks these days.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:19 amPaying for sex and lying about it.
Jesus must be so proud.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:23 amVS
Senator, can you specifically point to any of these so-called “czar” positions (not their real titles) appointed by the President for which Senate confirmation was required but not obtained? Didn’t think so.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:24 amGeez, for the love of Walter Kronkite, stop calling them “czars”. Stop giving Glenn Beck the benefit of the doubt.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:24 amGeez, can these idiots do anything that isn’t a completely stupid waste of time?
September 19th, 2009 at 11:30 amWhenever a right-winger or teabagger complains about all these czars turning the USA into the USSR, you should just laugh in their faces, because they obviously do not know what they’re talking about. The USSR had no czars. Not one. They killed the last one before they even became the USSR. But these complainers obviously do not know that. It would be proper to question everything they think they know about history and our government.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:31 amWayne, You are so right. They do not understand history, but if they did they would know that the Czars were the rulers of Imperial Russia. The revolution over through them, killed the last Czar, Nicholas, and then Lenin came to power. They must know nothing about history. I would like to give them a citizenship test, and see if they could pass it!
September 19th, 2009 at 11:37 amThe republicans have dug a deep hole and jumped in head first.
This ammendment can go right in the same trash can as the gang of 6’s so called bi-partisan bill.
Happens all the time. Means nothing. Just a failed politician pandering to the people who pay to keep him in office.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:37 amPurple State says:
Geez, for the love of Walter Kronkite, stop calling them “czars”. Stop giving Glenn Beck the benefit of the doubt.
I was asking Jane last night what we should call them that might make the right wing happy. How about “overseers”?
September 19th, 2009 at 11:41 am***
no longer able to chase whores
dave decided to become one.
:|
September 19th, 2009 at 11:43 amWhich countries test would you give them? US or Israel?
What’s up with dual citizenship?
September 19th, 2009 at 11:45 amHere’s their delima, they were elected by thier constituants but they serve the corporations.
They have to appear to be serving the people while actually passing legislation that harms the people.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:48 amOh dear, these kkkrazy KKKhristians and their Dominionism!
Perhaps they ought to contemplate the words of the head Christian dude on preserving our planet and our environment:
“In his desire to have and to enjoy, rather than to be and to grow, man consumes the resources of the earth and his own life in an excessive and disordered way. At the root of the senseless destruction of the natural environment lies an anthropological error, which unfortunately is widespread in our day….Man thinks that he can make arbitrary use of the earth, subjecting it without restraint to his will, as though it did not have its own requisites and a prior God-given purpose, which man can indeed develop but must not betray. Instead of carrying out his role as a cooperator with God in the work of creation, man sets himself up in place of God and thus ends up provoking a rebellion on the part of nature, which is more tyrannized than governed by him.”
Pope John Paul II, Centesimus Annus #37
September 19th, 2009 at 11:57 amJust when I thought I had reached capacity on how much I despise Republican ideology, this nonsense from another Conservative hypocrite who believes in magical beans that will sprout a giant bean stalk he can climb into the heavens where pots of gold await him… Or whatever he just said… Same thing, really.
September 19th, 2009 at 11:59 amVitter drank too much swamp water.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pmYawn. Schedule a vote on this waste of time and let its few supporters vote for it. Then, when it is defeated, move on to fixing the things that are broken in this country.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:11 pmaaronk? You out there? You owe me money!!!
September 19th, 2009 at 12:14 pmWe don’t have to vote on this. Dems dedide what comes to the floor right now.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pmdecide…..doh, need more coffee.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:16 pmThere is a simple solution. Place Carol as head of the EPA or reporting to the head of the EPA. There is no reason for this redundancy in government.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:16 pmstinkydiaper
September 19th, 2009 at 12:16 pmSince Vitter is so pro-pollution, he should move to Bejing and suck in the carbon monoxide. Nah, he won’t call it pollution, he’ll call it “enhanced air quality”. Vitter hates America. Plain and simple.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:30 pmVitter’s problem is he is a racist. He thinks it’s ok for Bush to have czars but a black Democrat President………………You fill in the blank.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:33 pmChuckie2 says:
There is a simple solution. Place Carol as head of the EPA or reporting to the head of the EPA. There is no reason for this redundancy in government.
There is no reason for Vitter or any party of NO Repiggie in government for that matter. Kick all of them out of Washington and America.
September 19th, 2009 at 12:35 pmSounds like someone is a little peevish from being without his beloved prostitute for so long…
http://www.sunstateactivist.org/ssablog/
September 19th, 2009 at 12:37 pmThese people must be stopped. Read this hard hitting link:
http://americaspeaksink.com/2008/12/baby-boomers-have-destroyed-the-world/
September 19th, 2009 at 12:42 pmDang. It just doesn’t get much better. Not only is this unwashed turd a reactionary hypocrite, he thinks the minority party can dictate to the executive. Holy frackin’ hamburger…
September 19th, 2009 at 1:00 pmNote, the title of the position is: Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy.
Not “czar.”
If Vitter’s amendment refers to a “czar,” then it is legally void, as that is not the title of any position in the Executive branch. In order to prevent funding to a position, the amendment must name them by their actual title. However, if Vitter’s amendment refers to the Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, then it should include an explanation regarding why he believes that office should not be funded.
I’d be interested to see a list of who votes to include this amendment.
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Wiz says:
Why is it that the radical right fights against preventing environmental disaster?
Because they seek only to destroy the U.S.A. and the world. Don’t waste time trying to fathom the motives of pure evil, when your time would be better spent resisting evil.
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larkohio says:
Oh, and he doesn’t like Carol Browner whose only crime is to be pro-environment and a Democrat. Would you think that ALL of us should want to take care of our home. How can you say you love your country, and not take care of the thing you love?
For that matter, how can one claim to be a Christian and refuse to conduct wise stewardship of the Earth that they believe God placed in our hands to care for?
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larkohio says:
I would like to give them a citizenship test, and see if they could pass it!
Only 3% of Oklahoma students would pass a citizenship test.
September 19th, 2009 at 2:01 pmCan another senator file an amendment that keeps Senator Vitter from filing amendments?
September 19th, 2009 at 2:33 pmThe Republicans at some point have to start working at the country’s problems, instead of playing obstructionist. The 15 sec sound bites this amendment generates will not win elections. Vitter may have forgotten that he works for the voters of his district and not the Republican Party.
Election time will be quite interesting. I want to see him sell his role as the spoiler and the “does nothing” representative to the voter!
September 19th, 2009 at 3:54 pmThe Republicans will not stop at anything until they have brought Obama down, by whatever methods. The vocal ones with the power in government and media have strong ties to the religious right. Just look and listen to some of the utter crap coming out of this weekend’s Value Voters Seminar. To me, a great deal of it borders on treason and inciting to riots, yet our elected officials are on stage adding to it.
There is an excellent and scary article in today’s AlterNet – it likens the events leading up to JFK’s assasination to the current events……..and the fear the Obama is next.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/142726/the_last_time_right-wing_hatred_ran_wild_like_this_a_president_was_killed_/
I write almost daily to McConnell and Bunning (Kentucky) and get formatted letters thanking me for sharing my views – and that’s about all. Some hired hack prints it off but never an actual response to the issue being addressed, and I doubt either guy ever reads them. I’ve tried to leave messages on other states congresspeople’s sites, but most of them won’t accept messages from anyone outside of their district or state.
There are so few MSM – be it radio, television, or print – that have progressive commentators or writers, and it is so dang difficult for what is really a majority, to get our own message out. I’m clueless what else we can do, but I fear we will see some major confrontations before too long…….and it will be the wingnuts that start it. I just hope enough progressives/liberals and others who object to the nutters will prevail.
September 19th, 2009 at 5:09 pmI just happen to catch Vitter last week doing some questioning in the sub-committee on NASA direction and funding. With his level of NASA knowledge it’s a wonder we can get a shuttle to fly from Cape Kennedy to Jacksonville, FL..much less to the ISS..I was breathless how stupid this guy is…
SO, this kind of additional stupidity does not surprise me coming out of Vitter.. Him and his mentor Beck, have such a firm grip on reality and an astute sense of fairness.. IF he is going to take on Carol Browner he better bring some more tools besides his own brain because he will surely get the crap beat out of him if that’s all he’s got…
September 19th, 2009 at 6:11 pmthe “Louisiana Must be Allowed to Sink Into the Gulf of Mexico” amendment…
well played, Mr. Diaper – I’m sure your contituents will be behind you 10,000%.
September 19th, 2009 at 6:36 pmLine item veto!
September 19th, 2009 at 9:12 pmWhy didn’t the Democrats file amendments to stop eight, evil years of Bush/Republican torture, war, theft and social injustice? I don’t understand.
September 19th, 2009 at 9:13 pmThe more I think about Vitter doing this, the more I remember that manufactured diapers compose a significant fraction of landfill garbage.
You’d think Vitter would be more supportive.
September 19th, 2009 at 10:16 pmIn all seriousness, Louisiana has an extremely high stake in this:
*) a lot of oil rigs (money tied up in energy)
September 19th, 2009 at 10:20 pm*) a high potential to take part in alternative energy sources including wind and solar (not to mention less publicized methods such as harnessing tidal flow and river flow).
*) disappearance of Wetlands appears to have contributed to Hurricaine damage.
*) a slight rise in sea level will drastically alter the coastal communities.
*) with warmer temperatures, cajun armadilloes have already migrated north to Missouri.
*) probably worse, a lot of LA real estate is being torn up by imported animal species.
Mr. Vitter should start with simple tasks, first – like not breaking federal law and paying for sex.
September 20th, 2009 at 12:33 amClimate change is way, way too complex for an idiot like you to wrap your brain(?) around. Let’s just work on keeping Mr. Winky in your pants then we’ll work up to harder problems.
joedee1969 says:
Go away you racist blogwhore
September 20th, 2009 at 11:43 amAnother Not Exactly OT Moment
@ 56. EugeneDebs sez…
Geez Eugene. You don’t have to flame the poor dope. Ah, well, maybe we should. If you or someone else doesn’t, he’ll be pasting whiner links all over TP.
@ 43. joedee1969 sez…
joedee, cRich’s blog is interesting, mostly to you and some non-Boomers, I suspect. I don’t have a dog in cRich’s fight, so I don’t see it that way. First, I’m not a boomer; got a couple of younger brothers that qualify, but they don’t behave that way. I know other boomers that don’t behave that way. So, what’s with trashing boomers?
Oh yeah, I’m in one of those skipped generations. People with generation crap on their minds point at this gen and that gen and don’t notice the ones they’ve skipped. Mine gets referenced every now and then, but it mostly gets ignored. We’re between the “Silent Generation” (depression era kids) and the “Boomers”.
From my generational vantage point, I haven’t noticed that there is any particular generation without ’shitting in the nest’ problems. I also haven’t noticed that any generation is without its members who’d rather set it straight and do right. And we all have our hypocrites too. I would infer from my observations that it’s a human problem and not particularly age related, although each new generation will have more of an opportunity to clean up the mess than the older generations. Some of the older ones didn’t even think about the mess they were making; they were just trying to survive the crisis of the moment.
September 20th, 2009 at 3:46 pmWell we all know that Vitter is mentally handicapped, and I apologize to all who are
September 20th, 2009 at 5:45 pmbut any one who denies climate change regardless of cause has his/her head up their butts. If he wants to deny it for his own state, fine, leaves more for the rest of the country. What a fool.
I say, just change her title to “Climate Change and Prostitution Czar” And she’ll have her funds in no time.Maybe with a little extra as a tip.
September 21st, 2009 at 12:46 am