"Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011" seeks to gut the Clean Water Act

Since the water pandemic won't happen then their lifetimes...they'd rather the money...

This bill has 35 co-sponsors: 31 Republicans and 4 Democrats.

Here are the names of the Democrats:

Rep Jason Altmire [PA-4]
Rep Mark S. Critz [PA-12]
Rep Tim Holden [PA-17]
Rep Nick Rahall II [WV-3]

What should be done is to put the filthiest water that can be found and put it in the Capital for them to use as their drinking water. They won't drink it but will say it's OK for the rest of us to drink.

The amount of lunacy within this government is astounding!
How much more will we take of this corporate greed vs. our health ?
I keep asking , "at what point do we defend ourselves" and it would seem as if we care nothing about our lives ,our children's lives or the health of this planet.
To suggest one political party is any better over another is a fallacy ...both are and have been committed to the corporate powers for a long,long time....simply look at the financial committee that was investigating the bank bail outs.... republicans ,Gregg , Blount and democrats Frank , Dodd....These four had their campaign war chests filled with millions of dollars from the exact same people they were directed to investigate and exposure wasn't enough to correct this!
It is ridiculous to believe for one minute that either political party in this Country will toss off their corporate owner for the sake of the people. They have craftily laid their plans ...keeping the people divided on non -issues and misinformed on real issues have allowed for a split of the people's voice....without a united voice we can never force these elected criminals to listen to reason or force them out ....on the rare occasion their own blunder is enough to politically destroy them, another corporate pig simply take's their place. Look at what we have lost under the last administration and now this one....we are being duped at every turn. It is beginning to look as if our best hope is a complete collapse of this entire system regardless of the chaos it will bring because maybe then ALL will understand the treachery and deceit that has been played upon them and united we will finally be able to win this fight.....if there is anything left to fight for!

If you're a West Virginia resident, PLEASE write to both Rep. Nick Rahall and Shelley Moore Capito, then pass this article on to everyone you know. Republicans get away with this BS because we let them! Trust me, they're NOT reading Current.com

Still no jobs bill and these jerk offs want us to go back to a time when our rivers used to light on fire. The problem is that this bill WILL be supported by some
"Democrates".

Dems should filibuster ALL bills that are not specifically designed to create jobs or help the un-employed.

Democrats should find out and publicize who the financial backers of theses two thugs are

Whaaaaat??? Another RIPublican bit of legislation to give companies more profits at the expense of real people???? If I say it once I've said it 1000 times, RIPublicans only care about the money corporations will give them in exchange for legislation that makes it profitable to disregard any safety standards.

Why don't they just call themselves the National Socialist Party of America and quite hiding behind the lie that they represent people.

The Rivers around Charleston, SC were covered with oil before 1972, I remember having to clean the oil and grease off my boat. I wouldn't get in the water because it was so dirty. The clean water act corrected this problem, these Rivers are clean today.

Republicans do not like clean water

We should all be disconnecting our downspout gutters from the sewer and creating rain gardens.
About ten years ago I did this by necessity when my basement was flooding.
I disconnected all of my downspouts from the sewer and redirected them ten feet away from the house toward plants that like water.
WOW those plants have been doing great ever since!
In the process I realized many things.
Like how stupid it is to waste rain water down the sewer.
And how much plants enjoy the extra water.
We need to start seriously thinking about replenishing the water table and rain gardens are definately the way to go!

I'm sure this will do great things for the economy! I mean, combustible rivers?! Foreign oil dependence solved! An entire private industry that has to purify and manufacture water!? Unemployment solved. Dead aquatic life?! I grew up in LA, didn't even know there was such a thing.

Too bad truth-in-advertising standards don't apply to politicians.

Rahall and Capito, even more than the scum they work for, are truly the lowest forms of humanity. But, should we not make it known to our legislators that we consider attacks upon our waters as attacks upon ourselves?

Dear Congressman,

Each systematic step corporate controlled congress takes against the welfare of the people is no less than open warfare against the citizens of the United States. As such, these legislators commit treason and should be held accountable for crimes against humanity. Their efforts to undermine The Clean Water Act with the "Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011" constitutes chemical warfare against America. Therefore, I trust that we citizens can depend upon you to make sure that those who would poison our waters and ourselves can not undo the meager protection of our waters which now exists.

Sincerely,

Orwell was so right .

I live almost within walking distance of the Cuyahoga River and am old enough to remember when it caught fire. The clean water act has meant major improvements to the water quality of the Cuyahoga River, as well as many other rivers throughout the country.

"Clean Water Cooperative Federation Act of 2011" is another fine example of saying one thing while meaning something else. Many times they use an exact opposite name to cover their real intentions. In the past, names of organizations meant what they said, now they are structured to mislead, to hide their dirty deeds. It's spinning done with purpose. Shame on them!

People we are living in end times. I am an Atheist and I do believe the rapture is truely coming when we as a people, nation, country have to fight for such things as clean water. clean air. What puzzles me though, we all drink the same water, breathe the same air, so even the rich, and the corrupt will be drinking dirty water and breathing dirty air. Someone get Boehner a straw!

State Rights!! States Rights!!

****** How's that for an impersonation of Kochsucker? *************

The Kochs and Big Coal are behind this..

http://www.rahall.house.gov

http://capito.house.gov/

Waterways don't end at state borders. Passage of this would be lethal for the health of people in this country, particularly in areas where coal mining is going on. Their offices need to be bombarded.