Republicans Join Democrats to Save
Corporate Welfare (Again)
Cato At Liberty
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA)
introduced three amendments to the recently passed Energy & Water
appropriations bill that would have eliminated a slew of business subsidies at
the Department of Energy. Unfortunately, House Republicans once again teamed up with their Democratic colleagues to keep
the corporate welfare spigot flowing.
For those taxpayers who are
interested in seeing how their member voted, the following are the roll call
tallies for McClintock’s amendments:
- Reduce the energy efficiency and
renewable energy account by $1.45 billion: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll311.xml.
- Reduce the construction and
expansion account of nuclear energy by $514 million: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll315.xml.
- Reduce the fossil energy research
and development account by $554 million: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll317.xml.
[See here for more on why energy
subsidies should be eliminated.]
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