We're still paying an average of around $4/gal and what does the Democrat led Congress do? They go on a 5 week paid vacation.
The Republicans have been on the House floor since Friday protesting the fact that the Dems don't really care about you and me, don't really care if the high cost of gas has dramatically raised the price of food, airline travel, goods and services, and in a few months the price of your heating bill.
The Democrats adjourned, turned off the lights, turned off the mikes, and had security usher the press out of the hall so they couldn't cover what the Republicans are doing.
Nanci Pelosi won't allow a vote on drilling to come to the floor which means that she has no intention of addressing energy until after the election.
Now it has come to light that she has been talking to Democrats that are worried about losing in the upcoming election. She's told them it is Ok to say they support drilling
but not mean it.
She also said that because she isn't up for re-election she can take the heat for them. Now what kind of garbage is that? Doesn't it matter to her what the American people want? As far as she is concerned we can all pack sand. The only reason she may get away with it is because the MSM won't cover it.
Pelosi: At-risk Dems back drilling - Martin Kady II and Patrick O'Connor - Politico.com
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California Democrat Nancy Pelosi may be trying to save the planet — but the rank and file in her party increasingly are just trying to save their political hides when it comes to gas prices as Republicans apply more and more rhetorical muscle.
But what looks like intraparty tension on the surface is part of an intentional strategy in which Pelosi takes the heat on energy policy, while behind the scenes she’s encouraging vulnerable Democrats to express their independence if it helps them politically, according to Democratic aides on and off Capitol Hill.
Pelosi’s gambit rests on one big assumption: that Democrats will own Washington after the election and will be able to craft a sweeping energy policy that is heavy on conservation and fuel alternatives while allowing for some new oil drilling. Democrats see no need to make major concessions on energy policy with a party poised to lose seats in both chambers in just three months — even if recess-averse Republicans continue to pound away on the issue.
“The reality is we will have a new president in three months, and what Bush and the Republicans are trying to do amounts to a land grab for the oil companies,” said one senior House Democratic aide involved with party strategy. “I don’t think we have to give in at all pre-election — we have many more options postelection.”
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