Obey And Pelosi Sittin’ In A Tree….
The tell the American people to go screw themselves and pay more for gas. The dems tried to pass legislation to open the strategic reserves to help ease the demand of oil but the motion failed to get a veto proof majority. I funny how the dums think that adding oil from the reserves will bring down prices but drilling won’t.
MAN THEY STUPID!!!!!
From Michelle Malkin
The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to pass legislation intended to cool off gasoline prices by requiring the government to sell 70 million barrels of light sweet crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the national stockpile.
Democrats had pushed the legislation, hoping to lower surging oil prices by putting more of the reserve’s light sweet crude, sought by refiners, on the market. Sweet crude is desirable because it has less sulphur and is more easily refined into gasoline, diesel fuel and other petroleum products.
The White House had threatened to veto the measure, arguing that Congress should work toward increasing domestic supply rather than tap into a strategic reserve.
Although the House voted 268 to 157 in favor of the legislation, the measure fell short of obtaining the two-thirds “yes” vote that is required when the chamber suspends its rules to act quickly on a bill.
In pure dumocrat form, Wisconsin’s own David Obey shut down the committee before the republicans could offer up amendments..
For the first time in a while, House Republicans are on the offense on an issue of national importance: removing obstacles to the production of more American energy.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey abruptly shut down his committee indefinitely rather than allow Republicans to offer an amendment to open more areas to drilling for new sources of oil and natural gas. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid concur. According to the New York Times, she and Reid “appear intent on holding the line against calls to approve drilling in areas now off limits.”
Obey fears that the amendment, by drilling advocate Rep. John Peterson (R., Penn.), would win. As many as eight of the committee’s Democrats have supported similar amendments in the past, while only a couple of the committee’s Republicans (who represent well-heeled suburban districts) have stood with the environmental lobby.
Obey’s afraid they’ll win…. Yeah, you wouldn’t want to actually listen to the majority of your constituents. Your lobbyists would get pissed…
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