Who said congress went on vacation? They all went to get a piece of pie from zero-bama, and an electric plug-in hybrid, which will solve the energy need for the future of this country.

Who needs drilling, nuclear energy.

Go electric plug-ins, bonehead!

Its disgusting they went on vacation and Obama the new leader of the losers refuses to tell them to go back to work

Sad that Pelosi would label a serious effort by certain members of Congress to actually face this problem, rather than just hope it goes away, as a "hoax." In fact, her gestapo tactics and decision to just shut Congress down for a month, all while the nation continues to endure record-high prices on everything from food to oil, are the only thing "unworthy of serious debate." That's because there is no debate to be made: House democrats are spineless America-hating opportunists with no serious answers to any of the major challenges facing our nation. Like their presumptive Presidential nominee, they are all show and no substance.

I'm working practically double time to pay for higher costs and to protect our assets from depreciating and they are VACATIONING?

Keep banging the Floor. The public hears you.

Where is that electricity going to come from? Catch lightning bolts? Wind turbines can generate 1.5mW each; at that rate you need about 900 to equal a good size nuclear power plant or oil/coal burner. Get real people.

Safe and efficient. And not as ugly.

Pelosi loses on this one; we all know that she's happy about the higher prices at the pump. But she has to answer to the voters, and the voters not only want lower prices at the pump, we NEED lower prices at the pump. Most of us don't have Pelosi's pocketbook where we can just go out and buy a hybrid. A lot of us don't live in cities where we can just catch a bus. Pelosi and the House Dems are completely out of touch, and while she may describe this 'guerilla' tactic as a 'hoax', the down-on-our-luck voters applaud OUR representatives that are taking our hardships seriously and working to ease our suffering.

Why can't we simply move past all of the partisan politics? I read an article earlier that in a nutshell stated that this is just part of Nancy's master plan and that they (the Democrat party) doesn't need to deal with any of this until after the November elections.

Does anyone else see a problem with any of this?

signed,
A Concerned Taxpayer

I just hope all of you remember who is trying to help you and who wants to sit on the beach. Vote for change - - - VOTE REPUBLICAN

"Guerrilla oratory?" Is that mainstream press code for "paying attention to the 75%+ of Americans who want drilling here and now?" Would a Democrat gesture to alleviate energy costs (nonexistent, BTW) ever be characterized in such a way in an alleged 'objective' news outlet like ABC News?

So where's Nancy? The people want to drill, and she's nowhere to be found. Didn't she promise lower gas prices during her tenure, which were supposed to go into effect over a year ago? What of that, Nancy? Democrats? All talk and no walk, just as with everything else they promised in 2006?

Enjoy those 8% approval ratings, Nancy. The GOP in its worst hours could never get the meter to register that low. You and your fellow clowns in Congress You're making Bush look popular.

I say we put those who have decided to go on vacation instead of getting the job done permanently out of work. Let's take our country back from all these ineffective politicians on both sides of the fence!

Electric plug in? Remember as soon as that became possible the Dems started talking about Hybrids instead.... as soon as those get more common it will be something else. Remember when Smog and Acid rain were wiped out by scrubbers that only left water vapor and carbon dioxide as US emissions? As soon as that happened they said carbon dioxide was the big problem... I guess water vapor is next. It's always something else.

Pelosi doesn't want to solve the problem, she just wants to be able to keep using it. Same with Social Security. Same reason they said how bad Iraq was to run on it then did nothing, and now that the Surge worked they still poo poo it but do nothing about it. Just criticise everything scream about no one fixing it, get elected.... then go on vacation and try to shut up anyone else who is trying to fix things.

This is a great example as to why the Democratically held congress is down to single digits and known as the do-nothing congress.

And once again shows why Nancy Pelosi and San Fransisco is THE laughing stock of America. Of course, those in San Fransisco don't have the slightest clue........

What hoax?Pelosi has proved she is a bimbo.What have oil prices done this week?Maybe everyone filled there tires over the weekend.

Why isn't this front pages news? Why aren't the three major networks covering this? Why isn't cable news covering this? Why isn't Nancy Pelosi being exposed as the manipulator she is? Why isn't the public being shown how her political maneuvering is more important to her than helping the common man achieve lower gas prices?

Wow, a free electric car in every driveway!

Figure about a week for that?

Liberals = Complete Morons.

I cancelled my vacation this year because of gas prices. First time in seven years I haven't sat on the beach at Tahoe this week. Congress sucks.

People, remember who puts the people in congress. It is us, vote. Vote the Dems out!!!

Why should the democratic controlled congress risk actually being "wrong" about energy by allowing for an aggressive domestic drill program? The subsequent rebound in oil futures due to lower volatility would make them look bad.

As it stands, they are convinced that in November not only will they gain more seats, but that with Obama as the POTUS there will be nothing to stop them come January.

Arrogant, presumptive, but true. These people fail to recognize that their job description is REPRESENTATIVE in nature. If 75% of the American people are supporting increased domestic oil production it is not their job to stonewall the process and tell us why we're wrong.

We need to pursue every viable form of domestic energy, and since oil is proven and available, that is a necessary part of the solution. We aren't going to replace a quarter of a BILLION gasoline burning vehicles on our US roads any time soon.

Thank you Nancy Pelosi,Your refusal to allow a vote on the oil isssue.
Thanks to you the republicans have a lightning rod issue which will result in a victory for the goog guy's.