Pelosi Blocking Offshore Drilling Vote
By Verv

Sat Aug 02, 2008 - As gas prices remain high and no end in sight the Democrats are doing what they do best; nothing. Pelosi is saving the day by attempting to avoid even having a vote on such an issue, which of course would become cannon fodder for Republicans in the next election pointing out that the Democrats believe so much in the broken doctrine of global warming that they cannot possibly think rationally on our own economy.

From the San Francisco Chronicle:
For weeks, pressure has been mounting in Congress to approve more domestic oil drilling, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has held the line, using her power to block a vote on offshore drilling.

President Bush has made almost daily calls for Democratic leaders to take action. House GOP leaders, citing a new poll showing that a slim majority of Californians now favor offshore drilling, issued a release today saying "even (Pelosi's) own California neighbors oppose her efforts to block new drilling far off American coasts." GOP lawmakers are so disgruntled they're urging Bush to deny Congress its August break by calling a special session on energy.

Even some Democrats are getting antsy, fearing the party's stance could hurt in the fall elections. But Pelosi, who has opposed offshore drilling throughout her two decades in Congress, insists opening new areas to drilling won't lower gas prices in the short-term. She believes a vote would only help the GOP blame Democrats for high gas prices.
By and large we are looking at a really great example of what happens when you have a Democrat controlled congress: in the face of economic crisis nobody knows how to do anything. They will just wait until things get bad enough and try to save the economy by simply taxing the rich more and giving it back to the poor in the form of useless social programs and saving an environment that currently needs no saving.

Folks like Pelosi, though, are never concerned with the price of gas (it is estimated she is worth $25 million). The Democrats are certainly a 'party of the people.'





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