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Senate Democrats are proposing to institute a new tax on the use of our leading energy resources—oil, natural gas, and coal—according a leaked list of reconciliation bill pay-for options. Before getting into the specifics of what the leaked list calls “carbon pricing,” let’s reiterate how central these fuels are to our productivity and well-being. In […]
On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the recent votes to advance Biden’s “infrastructure” package out of the Senate. Links: Say No To The Bloated “Infrastructure” Deal Biden’s “Infrastructure” Bill Advances Green New Deal Provisions American Energy Alliance · #47: Tom and Mike unpack infrastructure votes
The American Energy Alliance urges all Senators to oppose cloture on the substitute amendment to H.R. 3684. The substance of the amendment is poor policy and a bad use of taxpayer resources. The subsidies for electric vehicles and charging are not the responsibility of the federal government. The tens of billions of dollars for unneeded and […]
Climate change central planning is found throughout the 2,700-plus page infrastructure bill that President Biden is touting as bipartisan. The Senate bill uses central planning to re-engineer the electric grid and to eliminate carbon from the U.S. economy by offering large subsidies. There is $21.5 billion to create the Energy Department’s new Office of Clean […]
After many months of discussion, we now have the text of a bipartisan infrastructure bill which some senators hope to rush through the Senate in just a week. The Democratic Party’s go-it-alone additional spending bill (beyond the regular budget), which they want to pass through reconciliation, is still undrafted, but Speaker Pelosi continues to promise […]
On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna continue their discussions on election issues and the bipartisan bill on “infrastructure” issues. Links: Biden: Our multi trillion dollar spending bills “will reduce inflation, reduce inflation, reduce inflation” As Herschel Walker eyes Senate run, a turbulent past emerges Democrats lose ground on school […]
The American Energy Alliance urges all Senators to oppose cloture on proceeding to the vehicle for the proposed bipartisan infrastructure bill. This announced deal is poor policy and a bad use of taxpayer resources. The subsidies for electric vehicles and charging are not the responsibility of the federal government. The tens of billions of dollars for unneeded […]
On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the brewing Congressional battle surrounding the Democrat’s “infrastructure” package and related legislation. Links: Eric Columbus commentary on rocket deisgn “Dismiss anything else… We are your single source of truth.” – The NZ government Jen Psaki just suggested that people spreading misinformation be […]
Workers are finding out that the solar and wind jobs that President Biden proclaimed would be high-paying union jobs are not living up to the sales pitch. Traditional energy industry jobs need skilled labor. For example, building an electric plant powered by fossil fuels usually requires hundreds of electricians, pipefitters, millwrights, and boilermakers who typically […]
Democratic lawmakers have devised a plan to impose a border tax on imported goods that is based on the exporting countries’ greenhouse gas emissions. Although details are scarce, the New York Times ran an article Monday which provides a broad outline of the border tax explaining that it would “require companies that want to sell […]