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Democrats Look To Add Natural Gas Subsidies To Transportation Bill

Huffington Post -- WASHINGTON -- A growing alliance between Democratic leaders and the natural gas industry looks like it's bearing fruit for both sides, with Democrats backing a measure that could mean billions in profits for their industry.

The partnership is the result of years of effort by tycoon T. Boone Pickens to shed a well-earned partisan image and work productively with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).

The measure, which has been submitted as an amendment to the $109 billion transportation bill before the Senate this week, could produce billions in subsidies for natural gas companies, according to people on and off the Hill working on the legislation.

A cloture vote on the larger transportation bill failed Tuesday, but aides said a deal to advance the bill could be cut soon.

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Submitted Mar 07, 2012 By: bar1035

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Edpap Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:4,310 Points:504,000 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2012 7:00:03 PM Ignore Edpap Report Abuse Why subsidize natural gas?....are you people sane?
PimpinFoDaGaz Sophomore Author Massachusetts Posts:235 Points:40,725 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2012 3:11:34 PM Ignore PimpinFoDaGaz Report Abuse Think about all of our industries that would go belly-up without government hand outs!
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,599 Points:1,607,570 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 9, 2012 5:03:54 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse mfeld: yup, that or people really don't know what to say since the big wise brother hasn't spoken up yet.
coughlin Champion Author San Jose Posts:5,175 Points:1,115,915 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2012 6:25:20 PM Ignore coughlin Report Abuse baloney
pbug101 Champion Author Georgia Posts:2,444 Points:576,975 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2012 5:34:10 AM Ignore pbug101 Report Abuse Ok
BoerneWatch Champion Author San Antonio Posts:15,531 Points:2,451,990 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2012 5:27:09 AM Ignore BoerneWatch Report Abuse These are the same guys that want to remove all the tax breaks for big oil and now they want to support their prices.
tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:32,960 Points:2,343,560 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2012 2:59:29 AM Ignore tomok Report Abuse No government fuel subsidies of any kind, Big oil is selling fuel and natural gas on the world market for higher prices, there will be NO price reduction for the cost of fuel or natural gas IN the US. Barry will support natural gas and oil production for sale on the world market to pay for his ‘spending gone wild’ addiction. The US ‘oil and natural gas resources’ belong to the citizens of this country and are to be used by those same citizens! Speculators, manipulators and the banks continue to unfairly and unjustly make the driving public pay higher prices at the pump for their benefit. Whatever the size or shape of the vehicle is, Produce and ‘Drive’ vehicles with high MPG, are very reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money. Consider using other forms of less expensive transportation to lower your cost, if possible. The price of fuel at the pump is too high! 12/22/2012!
numbers Champion Author North Dakota Posts:2,801 Points:850,040 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2012 1:14:28 AM Ignore numbers Report Abuse Why not
TRYWI All-Star Author Appleton Posts:898 Points:282,150 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Mar 8, 2012 12:42:07 AM Ignore TRYWI Report Abuse okay
Dodge_Me Champion Author Atlanta Posts:2,214 Points:554,730 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:31:09 PM Ignore Dodge_Me Report Abuse Hmm
jetskijerry Champion Author North Carolina Posts:3,886 Points:770,320 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:19:04 PM Ignore jetskijerry Report Abuse Since when?
jetskijerry Champion Author North Carolina Posts:3,886 Points:770,320 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:18:52 PM Ignore jetskijerry Report Abuse The next boondoggle
RickF350 Champion Author Washington Posts:3,411 Points:705,310 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:18:49 PM Ignore RickF350 Report Abuse Geez! Why are Democrats always so anxious to spend our money?
carman11 Champion Author North Carolina Posts:3,325 Points:689,775 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:17:32 PM Ignore carman11 Report Abuse Not sure about more Subsidies. However, I do think Natural Gas is a great solution to our problem.
satrn38mpg Champion Author Raleigh Posts:5,057 Points:1,051,090 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:12:57 PM Ignore satrn38mpg Report Abuse sure they can afford it .,,
Double_Golden Champion Author San Francisco Posts:2,555 Points:603,660 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:12:37 PM Ignore Double_Golden Report Abuse no More Subsidies please,
tedjm1 Champion Author New York Posts:5,609 Points:800,300 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:11:15 PM Ignore tedjm1 Report Abuse Why subsidies?
Bonito Champion Author Dayton Posts:15,740 Points:3,005,945 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:10:34 PM Ignore Bonito Report Abuse GOOD --- Anything is better than OIL!
v240 Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,050 Points:1,483,580 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:10:23 PM Ignore v240 Report Abuse Subsidies are NOT OK !!
mfeldstein Champion Author Ottawa Posts:8,161 Points:1,928,430 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:07:18 PM Ignore mfeldstein Report Abuse What's with these "Ok" replies? Just for the points?
heartbroken2010 Champion Author Ottawa Posts:4,334 Points:895,585 Joined:Aug 2010	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:07:09 PM Ignore heartbroken2010 Report Abuse Hmm.
pastorpaulcg Champion Author Virginia Posts:3,615 Points:775,785 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:05:46 PM Ignore pastorpaulcg Report Abuse Ok
Dphillips720 Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,400 Points:530,125 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:05:14 PM Ignore Dphillips720 Report Abuse Ok
2tone1 Champion Author Ontario Posts:4,323 Points:1,155,180 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:04:04 PM Ignore 2tone1 Report Abuse Stop the subsities already. I'm sure they could survive without... I have a business, where's my subsity?
TheSicilian Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:5,369 Points:1,467,800 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:03:32 PM Ignore TheSicilian Report Abuse no more subsidies
Blue_Cruzer Champion Author Lexington Posts:7,510 Points:1,667,635 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:03:30 PM Ignore Blue_Cruzer Report Abuse I wonder how much Reid will make off of this?
regout Champion Author Quebec Posts:2,945 Points:830,755 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:03:27 PM Ignore regout Report Abuse Will it be adopted.
Focus2 Champion Author Illinois Posts:7,889 Points:1,918,255 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:03:22 PM Ignore Focus2 Report Abuse Don't like subsidies. Once in place are hard to get rid of.
Gassed01 Champion Author Toronto Posts:6,344 Points:1,800,840 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:02:49 PM Ignore Gassed01 Report Abuse Nooooooo. Stop giving away taxpayer money. We're broke as it is. Don't you guys on Capital Hill get it?
tampacrvdriver Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,346 Points:710,485 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:01:57 PM Ignore tampacrvdriver Report Abuse I doubt this will ever pass.
confetti Veteran Author Tampa Posts:354 Points:360,940 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:01:29 PM Ignore confetti Report Abuse No more subsidies!!!
Pumpz Sophomore Author Boston Posts:197 Points:887,125 Joined:Apr 2004	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:01:19 PM Ignore Pumpz Report Abuse Oh, it worked so well with ethanol. Sigh.
gknee09 All-Star Author Philadelphia Posts:980 Points:821,040 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:00:58 PM Ignore gknee09 Report Abuse slowing down the process with earmarks
BlueVanGroup Champion Author Colorado Posts:7,202 Points:1,526,705 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:00:51 PM Ignore BlueVanGroup Report Abuse Another money laundering operation to transfer taxpayer dollars out and back into Democrats' campaigns?
ty58 Veteran Author Akron Posts:320 Points:483,030 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:00:50 PM Ignore ty58 Report Abuse is this safer for the driver or about the same
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,841 Points:1,611,050 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:00:45 PM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse Just say NO to more subsidies for the energy industry. Pickens already has plenty of money to develop his natural gas without scamming the taxpayers.
furiousfowl Champion Author Riverside Posts:16,845 Points:2,747,230 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 11:00:02 PM Ignore furiousfowl Report Abuse cant work 4 everyone
jorod55 Champion Author California Posts:1,465 Points:429,775 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:56:08 PM Ignore jorod55 Report Abuse I would love to see more nat gas for transportation use but not at the rate of subsidizing nat gas companies. We end up with higher taxes or higher prices at the pump. " Eney Meney Miney Moe".
Gas4Gore Champion Author Detroit Posts:2,406 Points:420,950 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:52:35 PM Ignore Gas4Gore Report Abuse What will make the Democrats go away, oh yeah, November elections.
bonzoonfmb Champion Author Florida Posts:1,772 Points:642,185 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:51:33 PM Ignore bonzoonfmb Report Abuse Won't be good for most of us
mfeldstein Champion Author Ottawa Posts:8,161 Points:1,928,430 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:50:57 PM Ignore mfeldstein Report Abuse Anything but ethanol.
g747 Champion Author Mobile Posts:4,531 Points:931,720 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:46:14 PM Ignore g747 Report Abuse I'm in favor of that issue.Hopefully that industry will partner with the big 3 to produce more n.g.vehicles;& refueling stations across america.
mrreferee Champion Author Savannah Posts:1,336 Points:556,030 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:45:52 PM Ignore mrreferee Report Abuse raping our wallets and getting paid to do it. way to go 1%
Suzzoom Champion Author Nevada Posts:2,354 Points:503,285 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:44:30 PM Ignore Suzzoom Report Abuse Big Gas (now there's a cartoon for you!) gets the subsidies. Does that mean we get half-decent prices?
mcmonsta Champion Author Honolulu Posts:3,217 Points:816,595 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:43:21 PM Ignore mcmonsta Report Abuse necessary to make it with both sides...called a compromise?
Vitobug Champion Author El Paso Posts:1,950 Points:638,860 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:42:15 PM Ignore Vitobug Report Abuse ok
gasaholicMO Champion Author Missouri Posts:2,621 Points:510,940 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:41:49 PM Ignore gasaholicMO Report Abuse Bad enough the Republicans are supporting subsidies. Now the Democrats have starting to do the same.
pgerassi Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:10,886 Points:2,129,655 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:40:47 PM Ignore pgerassi Report Abuse I don't like any of the candidates put up by either party. They are all beholden to big money. A candidate from a third party who would go after big money and prosecute all of the fraud, bribery, cons, forging, short selling and other such criminal acts by financial firms and other multinational entities would likely get my vote.
YellowDucky Champion Author St. Louis Posts:1,563 Points:434,210 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:38:17 PM Ignore YellowDucky Report Abuse noooo
LaVonneK Champion Author Iowa Posts:2,935 Points:624,800 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Mar 7, 2012 10:33:30 PM Ignore LaVonneK Report Abuse More taxes.