GREETINGS FELLOW DEMOCRATS!





Dear Members and Friends of BVCAW

The Steering Committee of the Brazos Valley Coalition Against the War invites edveryone to an open planning meeting, to be held Thursday, June 19, 7:00 PM at my home (1708 Amber Ridge Drive, in the Emerald Forest neighborhood in College Station).

The agenda for the meeting includes: discussion of possible actions for the summer and fall; the possibility of an event highlighting the impact of the war on local veterans and their families; website ideas and maintenance; and any and all ideas for future Coalition activities.

I hoped to see you on the 19th; please let me know if you need more detailed directions or a ride to the meeting.

David McWhirter (for the Coalition)





GOP Blocks Energy-Related Bills

United Press International
2008-06-10

U.S. Senate Republicans Tuesday blocked a Democratic bill that would have imposed heavier taxes on big oil companies and rolled back some of their tax breaks.

By a vote of 51-43, Democrats fell nine votes short of moving the bill ahead.

The oil-tax proposal was one of two energy-related bills that failed to advance, The New York Times reported.

The second bill would have amended the Internal Revenue Code by providing incentives for energy production and conservation. The vote to consider the bill was 50-44, 10 votes shy of the required 60 to proceed.

GOP opponents of the oil-tax measure argued higher taxes on the oil companies would drive up gasoline prices and discourage new domestic oil production and exploration.

If the bill were approved, the American people will get exactly what they don't want, said Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., in higher prices and greater reliance on imports.

They just don't get it. We can't drill our way out of this crisis and we can't ignore it, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said after the votes. Each day Republicans wait to act costs American taxpayers billions of dollars and the opportunity to create millions of good-paying jobs.





Big Oil Tax Bill Voted Down in Senate

Chuck Marvin
06/10/08 - 05:25 PM EDT

A Democrat-backed package of new energy laws that included a windfall profits tax on major oil and gas companies was voted down Tuesday in the U.S. Senate.

Fifty-one senators voted for the bill, named the Consumer-First Energy Act, falling short by nine votes of the required number of votes for passage.

The proposal would have allowed the U.S. Attorney General to sue the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in U.S. courts for its monopoly powers. It also would have given the president the power to declare a state of "energy emergency" in order to fend off price gougers.

The act would have also slapped a windfall profits tax on major oil companies that failed to reinvest their profits in new exploration activity or renewable energy projects. The tax would have amounted to about $10 billion in 2008, according to Democrats.

http://www.thestreet.com/print/story/10420766.html





Kucinich video.....Impeachment presentation

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Kucinich_presents_Bush_impeachment_articles_0609.html





Brazos County Democratic Party
P.O. Box 4568
Bryan Texas 77805
979-779-5600 Fax 979-779-5601

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Harry S. Truman, Democrat, President of the United States of America