Why has Obama refused help from the dutch or other countries and not suspend the jones act like bush did?

The unions own him and the added benefit of the opportunity for the government to usurp more control of the energy industry.

because of the fact congress Amended the Jones Act and took the flexibility to droop the Maritime rules in contact remote from the President. Obama can't purely invite them in, Congress has to do it via a particular bill specifying ships, roles, ports, liabilities, and era of the exemption. This become surpassed, by skill of ways, by skill of a Republican-controlled homestead and Senate.

Maybe he and his socialists don't want a good problem to go to waste without taking advantage of it. They will try to sell the public on some other socialist agenda(cap and trade) that will straighten everything out.

To push his progressive agenda...when cap and trade could not pass because global warming was a fake...he rode this pony to the end of the trail.......

HE IS ONE SICK IDIOT! HE will clean up this mess? WHY HAS HE NOT DONE IT BEFORE NOW????

GET THIS IDIOT OUT OF OFFICE!

I'll take current political folly for $200, Alex.

There are currently at least 15 ships with skimmer technology from foreign countries in the gulf, and technology from multiple other countries is being employed as well. You are incorrect in saying he still refuses.

"Currently, 15 foreign-flagged vessels are involved in the largest response to an oil spill in U.S. history. No Jones Act waivers have been granted because none of these vessels have required such a waiver to conduct their operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

However, in order to prepare for any potential need, Admiral Allen has provided guidance to the Coast Guard Federal On-Scene Coordinator, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the U.S. Maritime Administration to ensure any Jones Act waiver requests receive urgent attention and processing.

“While we have not seen any need to waive the Jones Act as part of this historic response, we continue to prepare for all possible scenarios,” said Admiral Allen. “Should any waivers be needed, we are prepared to process them as quickly as possible to allow vital spill response activities being undertaken by foreign-flagged vessels to continue without delay.”

To date, the administration has leveraged assets and skills from numerous foreign countries and international organizations as part of this historic, all-hands-on-deck response, including Canada, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization and the European Union’s Monitoring and Information Centre. In some cases, offers of international assistance have been turned down because the offer didn’t fit the needs of the response.

Generally, federal law prohibits a foreign-flagged vessel from transporting merchandise between points in the United States encompassed by the Coastwise laws. CBP makes determinations as to whether or not the Jones Act applies to the activities of a foreign-flagged vessel operating within U.S. waters

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Even if the Jones Act applies, a foreign flagged vessel can still conduct certain planned operations as part of the BP oil spill response if the vessel is an oil spill response vessel and meets the requirements of 46 USC § 55113."

http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/293...

I'm going with "The Dutch are white and Obama hates white people."

he wants the spill to get as bad as possible so he can shove cap and tax down the country's throat.

The unions complained.

because then he would have to humble himself. It's about him not us. Where are all of those yes we can people?