ALERT-- CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES: OPPOSE S1733: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

S1733: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act


This is the so-called Kerry-Boxer bill that proposes a cap and trade regime and would require emissions curbs of 20 percent by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050.

BP has been involved in the writing of this bill. The administration and liberal Congress are using the BP oil spill to their advantage and to advance their agenda.

Why You Should Oppose the “American Power Act”:

• The Legislation includes a “Fuels’ Fee” that is in fact a $.27 Tax per Gallon of Gasoline

• The Bill is really just another Cap and Trade Scheme in disguise.

• It’s a jobs killer in the industrial Midwest and across the country.

• It’s an energy tax, hitting the poor and middleclass the hardest.

• It creates a brand new government slush fund for Washington to spend.

• It’s the largest tax increase ever.

• It will needlessly export more American jobs to China, India and other countries.

• It will do nothing to impact global climate temperatures.

Below are related bills and resolutions H.R. 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (Passed House) and H.R. 2998: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (Introduced). For more information, see Climate Change Legislation: Where Does it Stand?
http://www.govtrackinsider.com/articles/2010-04-27/climate-change