Hope this isnt true

[jim70769]

House votes to give subpoena power for spill panel



WASHINGTON — The House has approved legislation that would give subpoena power to the presidential commission investigating the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Rep. Lois Capps, a California Democrat, said that Americans want answers from those responsible for the spill, and subpoena power will ensure "no stone goes unturned."

The vote Wednesday was 420-1, with Republican Rep. Ron Paul of Texas casting the only no vote.

President Barack Obama has appointed the seven-member commission to investigate the spill.

[Bruno]

House votes to give subpoena power for spill panel



WASHINGTON — The House has approved legislation that would give subpoena power to the presidential commission investigating the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Rep. Lois Capps, a California Democrat, said that Americans want answers from those responsible for the spill, and subpoena power will ensure "no stone goes unturned."

The vote Wednesday was 420-1, with Republican Rep. Ron Paul of Texas casting the only no vote.

President Barack Obama has appointed the seven-member commission to investigate the spill.

Of course it is true

I'll give you one guess why he voted against it.

[specsaregood]

President Barack Obama has appointed the seven-member commission to investigate the spill.

I'm sure unelected bureaucrats appointed by a president that received more donations from BP employees than any other president ever will be thorough and fair. I mean, what could go wrong?
Thank goodness our elected officials had the wisdom and foresight to shirk on their own constitutional duties/give away their powers and thus avoid the risk of upsetting the electorate and/or future big corporate donors for their reelection campaigns.

[Elwar]

Remember this when you start to think "well, at least MY congressman isn't that bad..."

[Bruno]

http://www.thefoxnation.com/business/2010/06/21/ap-obama-oil-spill-panel-stacked-inexperienced-ideologues



The panel appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is short on technical expertise but long on talking publicly about "America's addiction to oil." One member has blogged about it regularly.

Only one of the seven commissioners, the dean of Harvard's engineering and applied sciences school, has a prominent engineering background — but it's in optics and physics. Another is an environmental scientist with expertise in coastal areas and the after-effects of oil spills. Both are praised by other scientists.

The five other commissioners are experts in policy and management.

The White House said the commission will focus on the government's "too cozy" relationship with the oil industry. A presidential spokesman said panel members will "consult the best minds and subject matter experts" as they do their work.

The commission has yet to meet, yet some panel members had made their views known.

Environmental activist Frances Beinecke on May 27 blogged: "We can blame BP for the disaster and we should. We can blame lack of adequate government oversight for the disaster and we should. But in the end, we also must place the blame where it originated: America's addiction to oil." And on June 3, May 27, May 22, May 18, May 4, she called for bans on drilling offshore and the Arctic.

"Even as questions persist, there is one thing I know for certain: the Gulf oil spill isn't just an accident. It's the result of a failed energy policy," Beinecke wrote on May 20.

[RM918]

And the cycle starts again. RP votes against a 'seemingly' unassailable measure, everyone gasps in shock! He gets invited on a few news programs, and he explains it very reasonably in a way that specifies that he did it for good reasons, no-one can attack him because it makes too much sense, and they go right back to ignoring him.