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Those 'riders' on the budget bill... (Be prepared for a shock)

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MinisterO4/07/2011 1:28:23 pm PDT

Lovely. Don’t fool yourself America, it’s going right up your poop chute.

Consumer Protection
Prohibits the Federal Reserve from transferring more than $80 million to the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
Prohibits funds for a government sponsored “consumer products complaints database.”

Defense
Prohibits funds to take any action to effect or implement the disestablishment, closure or realignment of the US Joint Forces Command.

Environment
Prohibits funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program.
Prohibits funding for the Conservation Stewardship Program.
Prohibits funding for the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.
Prohibits funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program or the State Energy Program.
Prohibits funding for various environmental projects in California.
Prohibits funding for a climate change czar in the White House.
Prohibits funding for EPA efforts to regulate greenhouse gases.
Prohibits funding for the EPA to change a rule regulating water.
Prohibits funding for enforcing an order by the Secretary of the Interior calling for protecting public natural spaces.
Prohibits funds to implement, administer or enforce the rule entitled “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants,” published by the Environmental Protection Agency on September 9, 2010, which limits the levels of mercury in cement.