Republicans Call Pelosi's Bluff -- Calls For Democrats Who Want Drilling To Put Up Or Shut Up!

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement in response to an article in today’s Politico that suggests Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has secretly signaled to rank-and-file House Democratic lawmakers that they should feel free to portray themselves publicly as pro-drilling if it helps them politically:

“My message to Democratic lawmakers is this: if you’re really for increased American energy production, then prove it by putting it in writing. Sign the discharge petitions House Republicans are circulating that will force votes on energy legislation Speaker Pelosi refuses to bring to the floor. And sign onto the American Energy Act, our ‘all of the above’ plan to increase conservation, innovation, and American energy production, instead of doing the Speaker’s bidding by voting against bringing it to a vote. If you aren’t willing to put it in writing, you’re fooling no one. You’re siding with the Speaker of the Drill-Nothing Congress and radical special interests that favor higher gas prices, at the expense of energy-strapped American families.”

“This cynical strategy is disgustingly dishonest. Without any real solutions to help Americans who are struggling with record-high gas prices, it appears the Democratic leadership has hit on a new plan: deceive. Deceive the press, deceive its members, and deceive the American people. Democratic members have a ‘pass’ from their leaders to talk about drilling at home, while the liberal Democratic leadership – which is beholden to special interests that want higher gas prices – plays ‘rope-a-dope’ back in Washington, ensuring there is no vote to help the American people before November. It’s cynical, dishonest, and wrong – and it won’t work.”

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Manzullo Joins House Republicans In Energy Protest On The Floor -- Brings The Crowd To It's Feet -- Why Won't Democrats Allow ANY Drilling?

U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo joined a GOP protest today, staying on the House floor and speaking after Democrats refused to allow a vote on a bill pertaining to offshore drilling.

The Democrats reportedly shut off the chamber’s lights, leaving the GOP members in the dark. But the Republicans continued speaking, while inviting members of the public into the chamber to witness the unusual display. .
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Manzullo said he hoped the GOP protest would help force Democrats to allow a vote.

“It’s reached such a boiling point that Americans are so starving for any type of legislation that will bring about a decrease in oil prices,” he said. “They obviously talk to us, and we’ve been frustrated because we can’t get a vote in order to start some offshore drilling.”

Manzullo said Democrats who control the chamber should be ashamed of themselves for attempting to shut down the chamber.

RRStar -- Audio of Manzullo At link

Rep. Donald Manzullo also delivered a passionate speech, saying today was his late father's birthday.

After relating how his father, an Italian immigrant, came to live in Illinois and own a little grocery store, Manzullo brought the crowd to its feet with this line: "The people of this country are rising up and saying, 'We want our country back!'"

Politico -- The Crypt

Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.), not normally known as an distinguished orator, just gave a rousing speech, accusing Democrats of stifling dissent. He referenced President John Quincy Adams, who returned as a House member after being defeated in his bid for re-election as president. Waving his arms and yelling, Manzullo brought the crowd (including a lot of staff shipped in by GOP leaders to fill up the place), and he left the floor to hugs from his colleagues. You don't see that up here every day.

American Thinker Blog
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Psycho B-woman In Congress Is Going to Save The World -- Her Plan Is Like Cutting Off Oxygen To Prevent Starvation!

 Nancy Pelosi, our hero!

“I’m trying to save the planet; I’m trying to save the planet,” she says impatiently when questioned. “I will not have this debate trivialized by their excuse for their failed policy

 She's Superman!  The Dark Knight!  Spiderman!  Ironman!  All rolled into one -- with a huge chip on her shoulder.

“The goal,” she says, “is to give an answer to people who all over the country say to me, ‘How did you go from the kitchen to the Congress, being a housewife to the House speaker?’ And it was just a short little story of that.”

Seriously, I could care less -- what kind of small minded world does Nancy live in where people believe anyone cares anymore -- HEY NANCY, IT'S THE 21ST CENTURY!

How can not drilling our own oil save the world if, as her party keeps repeating, there isn't very much oil there anyway?  What, Alan Colmes always said in the past was that there is only 6 months worth in ANWR -- that won't destroy the world but it does allow her to expand her control over every aspect of your life!


Hey Nancy, maybe if you weren't so bitter and stuck in the last century you could actually worry about America and by extension the world, because if you drive our economy into the ground I guarantee you that the rest of the world is going to get there faster and harder!. 


Withholding access to US oil to save the world is like withholding oxygen today to keep someone from maybe starving to death in 10 years or so.

What kind of mental illness leads one lady to believe that she alone can save the world?  She is more likely to starve millions all for the sake of that ego driven psychosis.
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Politico writes a fawning piece on Nancy Pelosi!

Florida Democratic Congressman Lives In Senior Center With In-laws -- Or Maryland -- Who Can Say?

One of Barack Obama's strongest Congressional supporters may not even be a resident of the district he has represented in Congress.  Robert Wexler, a Democrat, is being accused by his Republican opponent in an upcoming election of "playng a residency shell game", saying Wexler pretends to keep an address in Florida while "flagrantly" making his home in Maryland. As a Florida "resident", Wexler apparently pays no state income tax, while living with his family in Maryland, which does have a state income tax.

The dispute has entered the No Spin Zone on the O'Reilly Factor. The home district paper, The Palm Beach Post, reports. Atlas Shrugs has more.

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American Thinker Blog -- Residency issues/tax issues dog Wexler (extensively updated)

Democrats Plan To Affect Gas Prices -- Raise Gas Taxes -- Seriously!

Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a Memorial Day-to-Labor Day tax freeze, lawmakers quickly concluded — with a prod from the construction industry — that having $9 billion less to spend on highways could create a pre-election specter of thousands of lost jobs.

Now, lawmakers quietly are talking about raising fuel taxes by a dime from the current 18.4 cents a gallon on gasoline and 24.3 cents on diesel fuel. …

Oberstar, D-Minn., said his committee is working on the next long-term highway bill. He estimated it will take between $450 billion and $500 billion over six years to address safety and congestion issues with highways, bridges and transit systems.

“We’ll put all things on the table,” Oberstar said, but the gas tax “is the cornerstone. Nothing else will work without the underpinning of the higher user fee gas tax.”

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Hot Air -- Instead of a gas-tax holiday, Congress considers gas-tax hike