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There is a growing consensus against President Obama’s national energy tax in the Senate, and The Washington Post reports today “there is almost no hope for passage” on this job-killing bill. So why are Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee rushing through to markup Obama’s national energy tax bill tomorrow, ignoring Republican calls “to see a Congressional Budget Office score for the bill and a more thorough analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency before a vote by the committee”? 

We’re still not sure, especially after what we learned last week about the Democrat’s national energy tax.  Here are some quick highlights:

• Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) said Americans “cannot afford the unmitigated effects of legislation.”
• Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) said “I think at the end of the day, the people who turn the switch on at home will be disadvantaged."
• “Cap-and-trade” author Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) admitted the bill raises energy costs.
• Retired Major General Robert ... more
  
  

We’ve been arguing for a while that the Democrats' health care plan will lead to a government take-over of the health care industry.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT) appeared on “Face The Nation” yesterday morning and confirmed that “public option” advocates are really interested in government control, not in expanding choice.

He also explained how someone can oppose the status quo, but still oppose the Democrats' government-run health care experiment: