Clearly New Mexico

Yesterday, Senate Republicans blocked an important bill from coming to the Senate floor. The bill would have extended billions of dollars in tax credits to the renewable energy industry. In an effort to refrain from sending the nation further into debt, the bill proposed paying for the incentive package by taxing the hedge fund industry (you know, the very industry that is driving oil prices up through speculation). (Abq. Journal story link)

This is maddening.

At a time in which regular Americans are getting hammered by high gas prices, forty-two Senators decided that being irresponsible with the federal budget was more important than the need for renewable energy.