*NOT* April Fools. GOP House- LESS rest for airline pilots, MORE pesticides in water sources

[underpants]

GOP Guts Regulation Requiring Adequate Rest For Pilots
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/01/gop-guts-flight-safety/

But today, the Republican House of Representatives passed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) to a Republican-drafted aviation bill that would essentially gut the planned pilot fatigue rules by requiring extensive tailoring to many different segments of the aviation industry, and exempting several others.

Hero pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger blasted the amendment yesterday before it passed, saying “it creates a huge obstacle to new regulations,” and that, "at some point in the future, we don’t know when, it’s likely people will die unnecessarily.”


Anti-EPA House Votes To Let Agribusiness Dump Pesticides In Our Water
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/01/epa-dump-pesticides/

By a veto-proof margin, the U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday to prohibit Clean Water Act limits on pesticide pollution of lakes, streams, and rivers.

Lobbyists for industrial agriculture polluters cheered the 292-130 vote for H.R. 872, which “will amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Clean Water Act to clarify Congressional intent and eliminate the requirement for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits for applications of pesticides approved for use under FIFRA.” The California agribusiness lobby Western Farmers Association praised the “practical, bipartisan example of eliminating government regulations that needlessly increase farm business costs“:

The measure would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring farmers or companies to comply with the Clean Water Act when using pesticides on or near water sources. The bill’s supporters said pesticides are adequately regulated by other laws. The bill passed 292 to 130 on Thursday. The 130 negative votes came from Democrats. Fifty-seven Democrats joined 235 Republicans in supporting the bill, which has yet to see Senate action.

[snagglepuss]

1. Words fail.

:mad:



K & r

[Canuckistanian]

2. Everything that's good and decent

The GOP is against. Unbelievable.

[OwnedByFerrets]

3. Every day that passes this country gets more fucked up

[Mojorabbit]

4. 57 Dems? Damn. nt

[toddwv]

5. Yep. Hell, they didn't just voter for it...some of them cosponsored it.