House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on "Larry King Live" Monday night that she would consider allowing a vote on offshore drilling, but only if it were part of an energy package that included renewable-energy investment and release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Pelosi has refused to allow a vote on offshore drilling as a stand-alone issue, despite Republican demands for one. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) responded to Pelosi by saying that Republicans would "welcome you and your Democratic colleagues to join us in our historic call to action on American energy," and declared that the GOP is "ready to vote on more energy production and lower gas prices right now, and we should not wait one more day to begin giving the American people the relief they expect and deserve." (Though actually the wait would be more like a decade, which is how long experts say it would take for new offshore drilling to affect oil prices.) Barack Obama indicated last week that he could be open to compromise on offshore drilling, but only in the context of a comprehensive energy bill that would ultimately reduce dependence on foreign oil.
source: CNN, FOX News, The Hill
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WWAGD?! Posted 2:06 pm
12 Aug 2008
Why Can't Nancy Read?
Why can't Pelosi have her own votes.
Have a separate vote on each issue:
- Offshore
- Strategic Petroleum
- Renewable
Let representatives respond to the constituents instead of hoary Democrat log rolling and chicanery.Permalink
GreyFlcn Posted 10:22 pm
12 Aug 2008
Simple
Because of the Senate Republicans.
They have filibustered more votes this year, than any congress in history.
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Wolverine Posted 1:39 pm
13 Aug 2008
Filibuster Is Undemocratic
The filibuster rule allows a minority to block the will of the majority. It should be eliminated, as the Republicans threatened to do when they were in the majority and were afraid that the Democrats would filibuster some of Bush's more fascist Supreme Court nominations.
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reguru Posted 3:14 am
19 Aug 2008
telling the truth
Why isn't anyone pointing out that the Republicans are simply lying, again, to gain access to whatever their corporate cronies want. Drilling in our environmentally sensitive areas will NOT reduce gasoline prices to previous levels. The only real solution to our 'energy crisis' is to get into rehab and end our addiction to oil once and for all. We need to re-define our means of transportation and energy supplies now if we are going to have a future.
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