Here we Go - Senate Gives Feds Authority to Override States on LNG sites

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Senate Backs Regulators on Energy Plan By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer
15 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Senate agreed Wednesday to give federal regulators clear authority to override state objections to the siting of liquefied natural gas import facilities, rejecting a proposal that would have allowed governors to block a project because of public health or environmental concerns.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050622/ap_on_go_co/senate_energy


For more on the dangers of LNG, check this out:

http://timrileylaw.com/LNG.htm

[madrchsod]

1. big bang theory?

http://www.local1259iaff.org/disaster.html

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3. ammonium nitrate fertilizer - why post this explosion info?

are you saying the force is/would be similar and if so, on what basis? Not meaning to grill you, it's just that I'm accumulating info for a Delaware group fighting against on on our river.

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2. Of course they did

The Republicans controll the Senate, and Republicans love bloated, top-down bureaucracy, authoritarianism and big government, when it suits corporate interest.

Of course, if seven spineless Democrats wouldn't have voted for it, of course it would have been a tie. Notice the states from which these GOP-operatives-in-donkey-clothing hail:

Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---52
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Frist (R-TN)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Santorum (R-PA)
Shelby (R-AL)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---45
Akaka (D-HI)
Allen (R-VA)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Martinez (R-FL)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Sessions (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Sununu (R-NH)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wyden (D-OR)

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4. I was just looking for this info. How do you find it so fast?

I couldn't even decide which bill number or amendment number to check out since there were so many listed as "energy legislation".

Thanks for posting!