Comments on: Just How A Pelosi Run Congress Should Work….Send A Cap & Tax Bill That Doesn’t Exist Up For A Vote

By: Missy

Missy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:35:32 +0000

@Lily Putian: All appliances would also have to be energy efficient. Seniors on fixed incomes would never be able to sell their homes. Not only would appraisers have to be retrained, this would create another city/county inspection agency sellers would have to pay for an inspection before they could list.

By: ditto

ditto — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:46:55 +0000

There surely must be a SCOTUS recourse for the Republicans, to question the legalities of Democrat House leadership forcing votes on bills that don’t exist or have never been provided.

By: yonason

yonason — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:57:18 +0000

Nobody could have read the bill the House passed last night because there is no bill.

So, in essence, they have just been given a BLANK CHECK, into which they can insert whatever they want?

Can industries and businesses sue if the Dems try to apply that law, since parts of it will be written later, and hence aren’t what was voted on, so really aren’t the law?

By: yonason

yonason — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:16:28 +0000

IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS, CALL THEM!

Why? Because they have some time to change their vote, so all the pressure you can bring to cause that to happen, by all means do it!

By: Lily Putian

Lily Putian — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:21:00 +0000

Did you hear Boehner reading from the 300 page addition to the bill yesterday afternoon? Included in the wonderful cap and trade that the House passed was all kinds of new requirements that existing homes meet certain green standards (tbd by the Energy Secretary, I presume) before they can be approved for resale. Additionally, appraisers would have to be retrained in order to be able to determine if homes meet these standards, which will cause appraisal fees to rise (usually paid by the seller). So, new home sales will bounce back when it will be impossible to sell your existing home without putting in $75,000 worth of Federally required green improvements. There were no specifics mentioned, but an open door for requiring anything from solar panels, to radiant barriers, insulated windows, increased insulation, more energy efficient HVAC systems. Have you priced that stuff lately? Would you be able to sell your house?

Realtors, you’d better start to lobby the senate to kill this thing, or your days are numbered. Everyone else should spread this news…because this hits home. Literally.

By: Mike's America

Mike's America — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:09:51 +0000

Unbelieveable. Not only did no one read the bill, they hadn’t even printed it or made an online version available.

There’s got to be a great campaign ad in this somewhere.

By: Robin L. in TX

Robin L. in TX — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:49:39 +0000

So what legal recourse do we have? I believe that voting on a bill that has not been thoroughly read, debated, studied, and understood is malfeasance.

I believe that we as Americans should worl on the repeal of this bill, as well as the Stimulus package and the recall of every politician who voted on a bill they did not read.