Democrats hit shutdown threat

The American people are demanding some type of action or at least reaction (Rasmussen poll - 67% favor offshore drilling). I would call that a two-thirds majority and the Democrats in Congress trying to BLAME their way out of it AGAIN. Their "hit" was more like breaking wind. The matter is simple, the Democrats don't want to their lose control over corporations through environmental legislation. Energy has reached the inflection point or in Obama's case the waffle factor, as gas prices go up favorable environmental legislation (and Demcoratic business control) will go down. They have been completely ineffective for the four years of Democratic leadership in the House and the Senate because of BLAME. If it continues, it is our stupidity that will take us down with them.

Nobama said several days ago that the only way he would tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is in an emergency. I guess he sees his plummeting poll numbers as an emergency. This empty suit chameleon is a joke and I am glad to see Americans finally catching up to this loony liberal. Republicans, go for the shutdown because most voters are tuned into the truth about Democrats. This includes the wicked witch of the west (Pelosi from sanctuary city) and that bought off hack from Nevada named Reed. By the way, Nobama is already putting some caveats on his OCS drilling stand that he took just two days ago. What a loser this guy is! If he keeps "changing", by next week he will come out with more tax cuts, a pro life stance, etc. I also take note of his plan to give $1000.00 relief checks to working families to help with their energy costs. This is so typical of the Democrats. They create a crisis through their inactions and then ride to the rescue with your tax dollars so they can garner more votes. Americans are catching on fast to these con artists.

Pelosi is ignoring the people in favor of her own personal views. She actually thinks she has some kind of mandate as Speaker. She represents a part of the country that is not representative of the whole country. Pelosi is no leader she advertises herself to be. She uses the blame strategy and it is getting quite annoying. Blame the President for all the world's ills, and the Democrats WIN, yeah! That is all she cares about. Pelosi is stonewalling and has betrayed the American public in favor of partisan attacks, and the only way to "wake her up" is to remove her as House Speaker, by voting Republican this November!

Republicans are just trying to find something to take the US public off the real issues. Obviously, they are scared that the public will tie them to Bush in this next election! Actually, these 20 congressmen/women look rather foolish, talking to an empty room.

Ample votes to drill on Federal land and in the OCS are there, yet the leadership, Reed and Pelosi, refuse to allow a vote. The vote would be a heavily bipartisan effort to reinstate drilling, yet two far left ideologues are using rules to prevent the will of the people and the will of the House and Senate from being a reality. Someone explain to me how the Democratic Party elected two heavily progressive far let individuals who do not represent the mainstream of their own party, to lead the Party in Congress. Was there influence peddled during the leadership vote, from outside sources, perhaps from George Soros and MoveOn.Org? http://brokengovernment.wordpress.com

mikewath if high gasoline prices are not a major issue (that the Dems helped create and are now perpetuating) I don't know what is. Face it, Pelosi and Reid and the Democrat do-nothings are personally responsible for thousands of businesses failing and personal bankruptcies. I can't wait to throw Manley's statement about Reps losing congressional seats back in his face after the election. Dems are going to lose BIG due to this issue alone. Nice work Pelosi, you moron.

Message to mikewath-The Republicans HAVE found an issue and it resonates with two thirds to three quarters of Americans. Also, if you think President Bush is the same as Senator McCain, you need to read something other than the loon left Democrat blogs. It ain't your fathers Democratic party anymore. That witch Pelosi and hack Reed are taking you down the garden path and Democrats will suffer for this in November. Just wait and see. Wait a minute. What is that strange odor? Oh, it is just the smell of fear on the part of Demorats as they continue to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

“For six years, Republicans controlled every branch of government and did nothing while America became more dependent on foreign sources of oil,” Mr. Hoyer said. Mr. Hoyer, how did you vote on the ANWR bill Republican's proffered annually? Did you push for your Democratic Senators to allow the bills to make it to the floor for a vote or did you applaud those Democratic Senators that voted to filibuster the bill and keep it from coming to the floor? Did you ever wonder why some of the same Democratic Senators that voted for the bill in '96 knowning Clinton would veto it helped to block the same bill when they knew President Bush would sign the bill? Mr. Hoyer, do you know what a hypocrit is?

You are being lied to, SCAMMED! Sure the oil companies have access to millions of acres of land that they have not drilled on; WHY? Because there is no oil there!!! The Dems would have us believe there is oil everywhere? Research ANY oil deposit report and you will find that the areas off-limits hold huge reserves. Why the h*ll would oil companies want to pay billions for leases on offshore & ANWR land if there was no oil there? America wins either way, we need the $$ from oil leases, we need the jobs and we need the oil.

This article is disingenuous. It implies that the Republicans are going to shut the government down if Congress doesn't take action to lift the drilling ban. In fact, the ban will lift itself at the end of September. Do nothing and the ban expires. It is the Democratic Leadership that is actually threatening the shutdown, by lumping the renewal of the ban in with the government funding bill. If a person wants to vote to fund the government, s/he has to vote for the ban. If a person wants to lift the ban, s/he will has to vote against the funding. This puts anyone opposed to the ban in a Catch-22.

Hey, Steny, you forgot to add that the Republicans are stonewalling on proper engine tune-ups and tire inflation, ignoring the sage wisdom of President Obama and Speaker Nancy. As everyone knows, now that President Obi has shared his calculation, we could save exactly the same amount of oil by simply implementing his two automotive pointers as we would gain in new barrels of oil from all the new wells, were we to open up off-shore and the North Slope for drilling. ACTION: Let's all commit to buying a Rambler Nash, Ford Falcon, or an old Dodge Dart with a carburetor and distributor, so we can all get that tune-up we need to save oil. By the way, former President Bill did not sustain the executive moratorium on drilling. Like his waistline, he EXPANDED it greatly, to include the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.