House GOP Leaders Force Vote on Offshore Drilling
Posted by: Jessica Austin | 08/18/2008 5:53 PM
I received an email from the Grassfire.Org Alliance- a conservative grassroots organization. I thought I would share it with everybody here as it pertains to the drama that is currently happening on the House floor regarding the ban on offshore drilling.
I posted a few weeks ago about Congressman Lewis being upset with the Appropriations Chair for delaying the 12 major spending bills because the Chair knew the Republicans had enough votes to repeal the ban on offshore drilling. As I have mentioned before, President Bush already did so as well- but Congress must repeal the ban as well.
I was actually in DC at the time, but was unable to find time to sneak away to the House floor and experience these happenings firsthand. The Republican Congressmen, along with their staff and fellow "protesters", stayed and demanded that Congress vote on this. Of course, House Speaker Pelosi had all of the mics and recordings off so the American public would be unaware of what was going on.
Per the e-mail, it seems all is well and the Speaker (along with the rest of the Dems) have finally given in and are allowing a Congressional vote- thanks to the fierce Republican leaders in Congress, including our very own Congressman Lewis.
**Updated Editor's Note: Due to the formatting of the e-mail, I am unable to post it here. However, here is a link to their site.
This is why many sports ban the use of performance enhancing drugs. Another form of doping is blood...
Can you post the text of the email because this would be big news since the Speaker's appearance on Larry King Live a week ago.
Also, just as an aside, interesting to see this story on Grassfire.org above another one asking folks to take action against congressional earmarks. I think that would include our very own Congressman Lewis.
Moose Drool:
Thanks for your comment. Actually, it was posted but messes up the site due to the e-mails formatting... Thus I will just forward it to you.
Per your comment, I am actually going to be posting some stuff from Lewis regarding earmarking. While there are some outspoken conservatives who are vehemently against it, there are still many who support them within in reason (ie: for federal funding to help with roads or other projects; but certainly not the Bridge to Nowhere).