Bush's Energy Bill Leaves No Lobbyist Behind

News and Opinion for Democrats Against Bush -- Part II

Bush's Energy Bill Leaves No Lobbyist Behind

' With un-senatorial pithiness, GOP Sen. John McCain has labeled the energy bill the "Hooters and Polluters" act, and -- rephrasing a presidential cliché about education -- the "Leave No Lobbyist Behind Bill." '

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - In The Northwest

The energy bill would be a hoot if it wasn't so sad

Friday, November 21, 2003

By JOEL CONNELLY
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER COLUMNIST

The complete article is currently (3/29/04) available from the Seattle P-I website. Click on-- http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/printer2/index.asp?ploc=b&refer=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/149238_joel21.html [found through a Google search on the same date]

Opening words--

If you ever wondered whether Congress was being run by boobs, consider that a tax credit tucked away in the 1,400-page House-passed energy bill will subsidize the opening of a Hooters restaurant in Bossier City, La.

The chain's trademark buxom waitresses will serve up finger food in the $180 million "Louisiana Riverwalk," which is being underwritten by taxpayers to "showcase futuristic energy systems." The Riverwalk's main drawing card will be a live alligator exhibit.

The gators and Hooters girls are a pet project of Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., chairman of the House Energy Committee and one of a tiny group of Republican lawmakers who crafted the energy legislation behind closed doors. ...

[The author goes on to list many of the most outrageous features of the energy bill.]

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