Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) KICKS ASS !

[mestup]

Just watched her on C-Span from earlier today. It's the Senate Energy and Commerce Committees: aka sticking Oil execs feet to the fire.

She asked the BigOilInc execs:
(paraphrasing)

Did you ship any of your gas/oil products outside of the US in 2005 prior to Hurricane Katrina?

Did you sell any gas/oil products outside of the US in 2005 prior to Hurricane Katrina at a lower price than you would have gotten in the US?

In 2005, prior to Hurricane Katrina, did you divert any inbound gas/oil products before they reached US?

They all answered, more or less, "uh....I don't know, we'll get that info for you."

Then she made a great comparison to Enron and how we were told it was an issue of energy "production," only to find out later it was an issue of manipulation of supply.

Awesome!

[ObaMania]

1. That's great but...

.. we all know nothing will ever come of these hearings. And the bully 'Pukes put the ki-bosh on the swearing in thing, so those fucking thieves can and will lie their asses off.

Makes me sick. :puke:

[mestup]

5. True.

It's just nice to casually flip on c-span and hear an elected official actually ask a question you'd like to ask yourself.

Okay, so it's also very rare.

:-)

[aquart]

11. isn't 'lying to congress' a crime anyway/

[mikeiddy]

2. and she voted for the war . . .(nt)

[mestup]

4. So anyone who voted for the war,

should recuse themselves from asking BigOil,Inc why they're screwing consumers up down and backwards?


:shrug:

[spindrifter]

6. She's coming to J*sus now

After she voted for the war lots of dems, including me, were ticked off and wouldn't donate or volunteer. My belief is that she is trying to make up for that earlier fox paw.

[mikeiddy]

8. amen sd

[mikeiddy]

7. no-anyone who voted for the war doesn't "kick ass"

[mestup]

10. Okay. I'll make a note of that.

:eyes:

[No Exit]

13. I'm sick of this "she voted for the war" crap.

Yes, I blame the people who voted for the war. Yes, I especially blame democrats who voted for the repuke war.

But we CANNOT lose sight of the fact that this fraudulent war was begun by REPUBLICANS.

So we're at the polls in 2006. A democrat "who voted for the war" is running against ANY republican. I know who I'm gonna vote for: the NON-REPUBLICAN. ALWAYS AND FOREVER. And anyone who plans a lifelong grudge against democrats who "voted for the war" can take that to the bank.

NEVER AGAIN.

Even a flawed democrat, we can probably work with--or work on. But NO REPUBLICANS.

[mikeiddy]

15. Agreed, but I'm not gonna be sending her money

[peekaloo]

3. I wish she would kick Ted Stevens' old arse.

[mestup]

9. He's a slimeball

No these nice Oil execs shouldn't have to "swear in."

Creep.

[mikeiddy]

12. She is smart, and I applaud her intelligent questions and all, but

2000+ american dead, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi dead, and $200 billion and counting is a monumental fuck up, and will take an awful lot of intelligent questions and votes to make up for.

[mod mom]

14. Did she ask if they had cheney's consent?

[upi402]

16. she kicks ass... OURS!

voted that protesters MUST PAY civil or criminal fines even if filing for bankruptcy.

voted for free trade act; chile
voted for free trade act; andean countries
voted for free trade act; singapore
voted for free trade act; CAFTA


just say no to DINOs.
opposite side of the same damn coin.

[Vinnie From Indy]

17. Isn't Chile an "Andean" country?

Were these individual votes or are you expanding a single vote into sections?

[spuddonna]

18. She was also working with Elliott Spitzer to get these bastards under oath

...Unfortunately that didn't happen.

I haven't always agreed 100% with Cantwell, but she done good here! It's a start!!

Good work, Maria! :applause:

[Awsi Dooger]

19. She needs to assert herself

That's hardly a cinch state and she barely won via recount in 2000. I'm not sure if Rossi will oppose her next year but she'll much less vulnerable if the most recent year is more impressive than the 5 previous.

[upi402]

20. chilean vote - andean vote =different

Official Title of Legislation:

HR 3009: To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to grant additional trade benefits under that Act, and for other purposes.
Highlights:

- Grants a number of products from Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru duty-free status

- Increases benefits such as job searches, and education allowances to workers who have been displaced due to increased imports

- Allows for a refundable tax credit of 65 percent of the health insurance costs for those who lose their jobs due to increased imports

- Appropriates an additional $90 million to the U.S. Customs Service for antiterrorist and illicit narcotics detection equipment

- Restores the President's trade negotiating authority

........................................................

Official Title of Legislation:

HR 2738: To implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement.
Highlights:

- Eases trade barriers between the United States and Chile

- Reduces or eliminates tariffs and duties on a number of agricultural and textile products

- Allows the President to modify duties and tariffs to comply with the agreement

- Allows for workers to file complaints against reduction or elimination of tariffs with the International Trade Commission (ITC). Requires the ITC to immediately investigate such complaints and report to the President

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. She lost this Washingtonian's vote in '06 when she voted for the war.

I donated to and supported her campaign in 2000. Then she sold out.