Democrat Avoidance
America is coming around to the conclusion many of us reached years ago as an answer to the energy shortage in this country – drill here, drill now. So what will the people’s representatives in Congress do to meet America’s realization? Since Congress is run by Democrats, it’ll avoid it’s responsibilities to the American people according to the Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board;
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and other liberal leaders on Capitol Hill are gripped by cold-sweat terror. If they permit a vote on offshore drilling, they know they will lose when Blue Dogs and oil-patch Democrats defect to the GOP position of increasing domestic energy production. So the last failsafe is to shut down Congress.
Majority Leader Reid has decided that deliberation is too taxing for “the world’s greatest deliberative body.” This week he cut off serious energy amendments to his antispeculation bill. Then Senate Appropriations baron Robert Byrd abruptly canceled a bill markup planned for today where Republicans intended to press the issue. Mr. Byrd’s counterpart in the House, David Obey, is enforcing a similar lockdown. Speaker Pelosi says she won’t allow even a debate before Congress’s August recess begins in eight days.
When Democrats have an chance to actually help to solve a real problem, they’d rather Americans just suffer for cheap political gains.
If Barack Obama were truly concerned about jobs and the working man, he’d lay aside his political allegiances and call for a new energy policy that takes us away from the last thirty years of failed politics and policy and lead America in a new direction…towards prosperity and away from pure political rhetoric. But, I’m not holding my breath.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Economy, Politics
What I don’t get about the Dems is their bill goes after oil speculators. WTF! Our problem is our dependency on foreign oil. If you open up oil production in the states the speculators will begin to drive prices down with the potential of, and I know it is hard to get the liberal mind around, MORE OIL IN THE MARKET!!!
This is basic economics…This is what happens when Lawyers become politicians.
Yes, but I like this idea.
“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has laid down the gauntlet to Majority Leader Harry Reid on energy, according to The Hill. Following the efforts of Tom Coburn and Jim DeMint, the Republican caucus has promised to obstruct any bills not pertaining to energy until the Senate votes on removing the remaining restrictions on off-shore drilling. It promises to make the Senate the focus of high-profile political brinksmanship, and puts the Democrats in a tight spot with fuel prices impacting every aspect of the American economy:”
I’m with you Gramps, but my faith in McConnell staying the course is virtually nonexistent. Coburn and DeMint have been fighting this one alone. Endangered GOP Members mistakenly believe that holding stuff up hurts them. I beg to differ.
If we get an early winter and people receive their heating bills which will be double normal for any period prior to clowns Peeeloshi/Reid taking control of congress there will be lynching’s in D.C. Sure makes me happy not to be related to them. They’re (the people of this country) vehicles will be out of gas, the pantry will be empty, and they will be freezing.
Who among us can afford to pay double+ the heating bills we were paying in the winter of 2006? I’m already planning to close off all but 750 SqFt of my home. Be a little cramped, but that what it takes to allow millionaire’s Hussein O, Peeeloshi and Reid to live in their 5-6,000+ SqFt homes.