 stop the epa power grab  to clinton county residents who are concerned about rising energy costs from the clinton county republican party          the following is from an email i received on 3252011 regarding a vote that will be taking place in washington on march 29 2011 regarding the epa and their ability to set regulations senators levin stabenow will be key votes on this issue please take the time to read the information and call and let them know how you feel about the epa s unchecked authority please feel free to forward this link to people on your email list steve willis ccrp          epa subject support the mcconnell amendment many of you are familiar with the issue outlined below as it relates to the current debate about regulating businesses on ghg emissions by the epa as you will read the senate has yet to take a vote on the following amendments this email is to serve as an update and to encourage you to contact our us senators we are working with a national business coalition to get residents of michigan to call our us senators debbie stabenow and carl levin and let them know that you support sen mcconnell rsquo s amendment and oppose the alternative amendments as introduced by senators rockefeller and baucus  senator debbie stabenow 2022244822 senator carl levin 2022246221  it is anticipated that the senate will vote on these amendments on tuesday march 29 below are the details i rsquo ve also included previous updates on this issue for your reference  please respond to this email and or call me on my cell at 2483300868 once you have contacted our senators and provide any feedback that you received from these offices both stabenow and levin are swing votes on this important issue  also please feel free to forward this email to your list of contacts as our senators need to hear from as many people as possible thank you kim haefner gaedeke superior capitol consulting 2483300868 c  updated talking points with energy prices skyrocketing our elected officials have an opportunity to send a message of support to their constituents by voting in favor of lower energy prices probusiness policies that encourage job growth rather than sapping it senator mcconnell rsquo s amendment s 482 the energy tax hike prevention act to restrict epa rsquo s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions would demonstrate to americans that jobs and economic security are a priority ndash not more bureaucratic administrative redtape alternatives to senator mcconnell rsquo s amendment ndash such as the twoyear delay proposed by senator rockefeller or the ldquo tailoring rdquo amendment proposed by senator baucus ndash do not achieve the necessary and critical goal of protecting the american economy from epa rsquo s overreach the alternatives simply fail to provide the regulatory certainty that the american economy needs mcconnell rsquo s amendment does provide that certainty and assures that we don rsquo t simply ldquo kick the can rdquo down the road in our efforts to deal with epa overreach senators should vote in favor of mcconnell rsquo s amendment to the small business bill and should recognize that alternatives to mcconnell simply do not provide the relief that the american economy needs support mcconnell oppose rockefeller and baucus note epa rsquo s regulations stand to cost up to 14 million jobs by 2014 and 25 million by 2030 decrease capital investment by as much as 15 percent by 2014 or more than 75 billion reduce gross domestic product by 500 billion by 2030 increase the cost of gasoline by 50 percent electricity by 50 percent and natural gas by 75 percent over the next 20 years reduce worker compensation by 700 per year  relevant clips  http wwwfoxnewscom opinion 20110317 harryreidrunningscaredepa   http thehillcom blogs e2wire 677e2wire 150025inhofevowstotryt   http wwwatrorg atrsupportsmcconnellamendmentstopbackdoora5950   http wwwatrorg undecidedsenatorsenergytaxhikepreventiona5951   http shopfloororg 201103 manufacturerssupportmcconnellamendment 1  mcconnell amendment  http mcconnellsenategov public indexcfm p pressreleases contentreco  rockefeller amendment  http rockefellersenategov press recordcfm id 322764   baucus amendment  http thehillcom blogs e2wire 677e2wire 150529overnightenergy   