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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton's Senate voting record on oil and gas issues.
Ratify Kyoto; more mass transit. (Sep 2000)
Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jun 2007)
Voted YES on making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. (Jun 2007)
Voted YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning. (May 2007)
Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR. (Nov 2005)
Voted YES on $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas. (Oct 2005)
Voted YES on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%). (Jun 2005)
Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)
Voted NO on Bush Administration Energy Policy. (Jul 2003)
Voted YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010. (Jun 2003)
Voted YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill. (Mar 2003)
Voted NO on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/2/1509392/-Rachel-Maddow-Show-Analyzes-Bernie-s-Claim-That-HILLARY-Is-In-The-Pocket-Of-Big-Oil-It-s-FALSE
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Clinton's Senate voting record on oil and gas issues. (Original Post)
kstewart33
Apr 2016
OP
Stop presenting facts that contradict the purity portrayed in the original post!!
hopeforchange2008
Apr 2016
#10
Yes, it is inconvenient that so much information is at people's fingertips
Cal Carpenter
Apr 2016
#11
DanTex
(20,709 posts)1. It's never been about issues or voting record for the Hillary-bashers.
astrophuss42
(290 posts)4. It's literally all it is for me.
larkrake
(1,674 posts)2. Lets see her other yes votes on oil and fracking
Ferd Berfel
(3,687 posts)3. cherry-picked list?
huh.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)5. while she was secretary of state she promoted fracking worldwide
GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)6. Cherry Picked list of votes... nt
MineralMan
(146,322 posts)8. So, post other votes that make your point, then.
I'll wait here.
GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)9. This press release lists a few...
https://berniesanders.com/press-release/clintons-close-ties-to-the-oil-coal-and-gas-industry/
In 2001, Clinton voted to kill a measure backed by most Democrats and spearheaded by Sen. Bill Nelson that would have restricted drilling off the coast of Florida. Sanders voted for the restrictions.
According to a scorecard of Senate votes compiled by the League of Conservation Voters, Clinton cast two votes in support of 2006 legislation to vastly expand drilling in the Gulf. Those votes put her on the opposite side of then-Sen. Barack Obama. That same year, Sen. Bernie Sanders voted against a measure in the House of Representatives to expand offshore drilling.
A year later, as secretary of state, she approved the Alberta Clipper, a tar sands pipeline that Sen. Sanders opposes. The Clinton-led department said the pipeline would advance a number of strategic interests. Environmental groups such as Earthjustice told Reuters: It means large amounts of more air pollution, large amounts of water pollution and extra [greenhouse gases] because more energy is required to convert this [heavy oil] into a refined, usable petroleum product.
In 2010, Secretary Clinton remarked that she was ultimately inclined to approve Keystone XL, a pipeline that would transport tar sands oil from Canada. During the campaign, after strong opposition from environmental organizations, Secretary Clinton eventually came out in opposition to the Keystone Pipeline, not because of her concerns about climate change, but because she viewed it as a distraction.
During her time leading the State Department, the agency also signed the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement, a deal it said would help energy companies expand offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The State Department said the pact would help energy corporations expand offshore drilling and unlock areas for exploration and exploitation in locations between the two countries. The agency said the deal will make nearly 1.5 million acres of the Outer Continental Shelf more attractive to energy companies.
hopeforchange2008
(610 posts)10. Stop presenting facts that contradict the purity portrayed in the original post!!
MineralMan
(146,322 posts)7. Well, that's inconvenient, isn't it?
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)11. Yes, it is inconvenient that so much information is at people's fingertips
that claims made using cherry-picked lists can so easily be debunked.
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)12. What was her record on fracking as SoS?
She was fracking shoving it down our allies' throats!
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)13. Kick.
Interesting huh...