House Analysis – Questions remain as to whether Speaker Pelosi and her leadership team are able to whip up the necessary votes to pass a robust Health Care public option out of the House. This will certainly be topic of discussion during the week. It is expected to be another light legislative week though as much of the action is waiting to be played out in the Senate. Major House Floor Action – The main piece of legislation for the week is H.R. 3854, the Small Business Financing and Investment …
She starts off announcing her honory degree from John Hopkins, and then announces the good news of raising taxes on all Americans and killing jobs across the country. By moving the Waxman-Markey Global Warming Tax out of committee, Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco constituents may be thrilled, but anyone in America who gets an electric bill or fuels their car is not smiling. Waxman–Markey will raise electricity rates 90% after adjusting for inflation, gas prices 74%, natural gas prices 55%, and an average family’s annual energy bill by at least $1,500. …
