HOW CONGRESS VOTED TO SUPPORT YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS

 

 

Rodney Stubbs
October 6, 2005
NewsWithViews.com

Representative Pombo (R-CA) did Americans a great public service when he insisted that protected property rights would be a mainstay of the updated Endangered Species Act. This elected official can go down in history as a person who kept his word!

Property Owners now know who they can support when it comes to campaign contributions in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles. Based on the Endangered Species Act vote taken in the House of Representatives on September 29, 2005 the division on property rights v. environmental regulations we can clearly identify those who can be trusted v. those who have extremist values in opposition to supporting land owners.

Leading the pack of property rights defectors are those who claim themselves to be members of the Progressive Caucus and supporters of UN Agenda 21 Sustainable Development or policies designed to regulate every aspect of human settlement. This block consists of 51 democrats and one independent. Only two, Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) voted in favor of the final version of the act designed to protect property rights.

Thirty-five Republicans in Name Only (RINO) voted not to support property rights. They joined the liberals in their effort to appease the enviros in their quest to conquer more American land owners without having the pay for their deeds. Darlene Hooley (D-OR) sent messages to her constituents on behalf of the Center for Biodiversity an organization rooted in the theology of critters and habitat.

On the brighter side of property rights, 36 democrats joined with 156 Republicans to pass the Endangered Species Act with property rights protection by a margin of 229 yea and 193 no. The number of defectors who refuse to support property rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution is now a known fact and is simply unacceptable.

The bill now migrates to the United States Senate where a more difficult battle to protect property looms. Although elected officials gave a great deal of lip service to protecting property rights when the Supreme Court ruled in Kelo v. New London earlier this summer, it is apparent based on the House of Representatives that moving lips doesn't equate to protecting any thing belonging to Americans.

This session of the United States Senate includes a bagful of distasteful pieces of anti-American legislation. Not only will the menu include the Endangered Species Act, but according to testimony offered by Ms. Condoleezza Rice during her confirmation hearings the "Law of the Sea" and "Biodiversity" Treaties are scheduled to emerge from the deep dark dungeon of the Castle on the Potomac.

How did your Representative Vote?

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