House vote to ease pesticide use near waters

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

House vote to ease pesticide use near waters
– Thu Mar 31, 4:41 pm ET

WASHINGTON – The House has passed a bill that could make it easier to use pesticides near water.

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.




Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110331/ap_on_re_us/us_congress_pesticides

[avaistheone1]

1. Huh?

WTF is going in Washington? What the hell do they think they are doing expanding the use of pesticides near water!

Rank stupidity!

[avaistheone1]

2. .

[Tx4obama]

3. Oh brother, why don't the republicans just shoot us and get it over quickly!

I swear the republicans are ending up being the enemy of the people of the United States of America!

[tabatha]

4. ditto

[Nihil]

14. Not enough money in it that way.

Got to keep the profits rollin' in ya know!

[KT2000]

5. this just might be the one

that does it for me. The only hope is that this is the House and we can hope that the Senate comes through.

[madrchsod]

6. nothing like pitting farmers against the .fishermen/women ..

not to mention cities that use rivers,lakes,and reservoirs for water

[PJPhreak]

7. (%&@**%@)($@&!! Fools!!

Hey,Moran! (Yes My Teagagger Congresscritter is named Jerry Moran)

Why don't you come over here to Greenwood County and take a nice LOOOOOOOONG Drink outta the Verdigris River?

Huh you Fucking Dipstick? Whats that you say? The river is Nothing more than a Algae covered trickle of MUD?

Yea Asshole,thats my DRINKING water Ya'll are Talking About!!

Edit foe spelling

[pam4water]

8. Yeah see if they will drink it.

[groundloop]

9. We'd all better bust our asses in 2012 to get our government back

I don't believe this will pass the Senate, much less withstand a Presidential veto, but it's disturbingto see what kind of nonesense we'd be getting if by some horrible chance the Publicans got a bigger foothold in Washington.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. We need to expand the use of fertilizer, too

the grass should be thick, green, and crabgrass-free all the way to the water's edge. And beyond.

What do Democrats have against a nice, Silent Spring!

[Tesha]

12. Obviously, 57 "Democrats" are *IN FAVOR* of a "Silent Spring". (NT)

[dotymed]

11. The Wall Street Government.

The best government money can buy.
How long CAN the American people allow this? It is no longer a matter of WILL the American people.....it has come to the point of survival.
It is us against them.
They do not care. They have plenty of money (or think they do) to escape our crumbling country.
WE must survive, along with our progeny.
If we do not stop "them" immediately, it will be too late..
Wake up Americans, this one struggle we have to have and win....

[Le Taz Hot]

13. Here are the 57 Democrats

that voted with the Republicans on HR 206.

Altmire
Baca
Barrow
Bishop (GA)
Boren
Boswell
Butterfield
Capps
Cardoza (AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!)
Carney
Chandler
Costa (ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!)
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Cuellar
Davis (IL)
Donnally (IN)
Farr
Frank (MA)
Holden
Kaptur
Keating
Kind
Kissell
Langevin
Larson (WA)
Loebsack
Matheson
MdCarthy (NY)
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Owens
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Price (NC)
Rahall
Reyes
Richardson
Ross (AR)
Schrader
Scott, David
Sewell
Shuler
Sires
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Walz (MN)
Watt
Weiner
Welch
Wu

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll206.xml

[Nihil]

15. Classic example of money talking!

Just the sort of bi-partisan politics that you need to get used to seeing folks!

:rofl:

The people I feel sorry for are the satirists and cartoonists ... how can you
compete with this level of sheer lunacy?

[alp227]

16. what, that'll create jobs for pesticide sprayers? n/t

[harun]

17. What could possibly go wrong?

[tpsbmam]

18. List of Democrats voting aye...of course my POS rep Shuler is on it.

Democrats Voting 'Aye'
Name Voted
Rep. Jason Altmire Aye
Rep. Joe Baca Aye
Rep. John Barrow Aye
Rep. Sanford Bishop Aye
Rep. Dan Boren Aye
Rep. Leonard Boswell Aye
Rep. George Butterfield Aye
Rep. Lois Capps Aye
Rep. Dennis Cardoza Aye
Rep. John Carney Aye
Rep. Ben Chandler Aye
Rep. Jim Costa Aye
Rep. Jerry Costello Aye
Rep. Joe Courtney Aye
Rep. Mark Critz Aye
Rep. Henry Cuellar Aye
Rep. Danny Davis Aye
Rep. Joe Donnelly Aye
Rep. Sam Farr Aye
Rep. Barney Frank Aye
Rep. Tim Holden Aye
Rep. Marcy Kaptur Aye
Rep. William Keating Aye
Rep. Ronald Kind Aye
Rep. Larry Kissell Aye
Rep. James Langevin Aye
Rep. Rick Larsen Aye
Rep. David Loebsack Aye
Rep. Jim Matheson Aye
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Aye
Rep. James McGovern Aye
Rep. Mike McIntyre Aye
Rep. Jerry McNerney Aye
Rep. Michael Michaud Aye
Rep. Bradley Miller Aye
Rep. William Owens Aye
Rep. Ed Perlmutter Aye
Rep. Gary Peters Aye
Rep. Collin Peterson Aye
Rep. Chellie Pingree Aye
Rep. David Price Aye
Rep. Nick Rahall Aye
Rep. Silvestre Reyes Aye
Rep. Laura Richardson Aye
Rep. Mike Ross Aye
Rep. Kurt Schrader Aye
Rep. David Scott Aye
Rep. Terri Sewell Aye
Rep. Heath Shuler Aye
Rep. Albio Sires Aye
Rep. Bennie Thompson Aye
Rep. Michael Thompson Aye
Rep. Timothy Walz Aye
Rep. Melvin Watt Aye
Rep. Anthony Weiner Aye
Rep. Peter Welch Aye
Rep. David Wu Aye

http://www.opencongress.org/roll_call/sublist/8388?party=Democrat&vote=Aye