to Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon (http://wyden.senate.gov/) for his filibuster to get his amendment to an emergency appropriations bill that would force the hyper-profitable oil industry to pay royalties on oil that they take from federal lands. He needs the filibuster to even force a vote on his amendment - the Repubs don't want to vote for this, and hurt some of their biggest supporters, but they damn sure don't want to be on the record, during an election year, of voting against it (and in favor of subsidizing the wealthiest group of people on Earth), either.
Why don't our esteemed senators show some spine like this?
Maybe it's because one is an utter tool, and the other is a MINO*.
MINO = Maverick In Name Only.
Sen. Wyden's campaign site: http://www.wydenteam.com/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=meetron
Edited for grammar and an update:
Boo! to Sen. Harry Reid (Senate Minority Leader) of Nevada for talking Wyden into giving it up after just over 4 1/2 hours.
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