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.

Bravo Republicans! You Dems have to admit the Republicans are right. Why are they on vacation while middle America is getting killed at the pumps? I thought you were for the people? I guess not. In addition, High Gas prices are killing consumer spending and hurting the economy. I guess you think that that is just dandy huh?

Hehe, I love it. Well, the proof is in the pudding.

Just imagine if the USA drilled for new oil, our autos beceme more efficent and we developed nuclear power plants. Our country would become the envy of the world.

Why doesn't everyone here write to ABC,NBC and CBS and ask them why this isn't news. Maybe if they get 10,000 emails they might make it news, then again, maybe just the amount of Emails will make news...

Even Obama has seen the light. The man who said he would not drill is now saying maybe. Don't let that fool you. Come January, they will forget all of this and tell us to put more air in our tire. I now have 85 pounds in mine. No help..

Typical Democrats. Always on vacation when there is business that needs tending. It's amazing that voters don't see how horribly wrong the democrats are for our country.

"One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring."
Thomas Sowell

Pelosi having to answer to her voters? Won't happen. They have as much or more air blowing between their ears as that nut burger does. San Fransisco is about as American as Cuba.

Her master plan is to wait until the Democratic/Socialist party has more power and then shove more of her Socialistic ways down the worlds last bastion of Freedoms throat.

Nan,
You can't email the news organizations. They don't have an email address that is covenant to send them any comments. They don't want our input, because they think we are stupid and we can't tell them anything. Only they can enlighten us!!

I cancelled last summer AND this summers vacation because I couldn't afford the high cost of gas. So what does Pelosi and congress do? THEY GET TO GO ON VACATION.

We need the slate cleaned on both sides of the isle and start over.

I suppose I'm in the minority here, but I kind of feel safer when Congress isn't at work.

Didn't the Republicans used to like the government that governs least, too?

Last i checked gas is going down!!!

The Democratic/Socialists/Pelosi party saying we can't drill our way out of this problem is much like saying our Farmers couldn't grow us out of starvation.

DUMB DUMB DUMB.

DJ
THE REPUBLICANS HAD 6 YEARS TO HELP US WHAT HAVE THEY DONE LOOK AT THIS MESS WE ARE IN!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't recall electing ANY politician to SAVE THE PLANET. Talk about hypocritical...Pelosi states she won't be prey to Republican tricks yet she did the exact same thing by not even allowing an up and down vote.

Yeah, those Dems really care about us common folk.

Keep it up!!!!!!

A quick question, Democrates argue that increased oil supply(drilling) will do nothing to effect price. Then why is Saint Obama wanting to release the strategic oil reserve? Would it be to lower the price.........drill away Republicans and good Democrates that put country before party.

Nancy Pelosi..Calling Nancy Pelosi, you're wanted in the Senate.

Nice of you to take a vacation trying to promote your book that made such a great debut.

This is why American's like me hate our politician. Yeah, I know, I said hate.

Paul,
We want congress to come back to undo their perverse regulations that keep us from using our own energy. Of course it's better when they're not in session, unless they get together to take away legislation that is hindering free enterprise. Drill now!

I love the bp commercial when they say look into solar power and this lovely grain-covered hillside behind the speaker is covered with thousands of ugly blue squares. It may be clean, but at what cost? The entire midwest subject to solar panels and windmills? The Great Plains just an energy field?

Pelosi denied the American people's representatives the chance to VOTE !

This is how the Left operates. Look for more of the same of OHB is elected.

Lemme guess... At 9% approval rating, I bet the Democrats will get spanked.

Pelosi is killing Obama's chance of getting elected.

Most common sense Americans know that even just "talking" about allowing drilling in ANWR and Offshore "creates" the potential for more production in the future, which lowers the "futures" commodity prices, which lowers the price at the pump, TODAY !!!

Quote: "They [(The Main Stream media)don't want our input, because they think we are stupid and we can't tell them anything. Only they can enlighten us!!"

And this is why they are tanking, both newpapers, and the big three networks, are collapsing. Middle America realized they are biased buffoons, and stop watching/reading en-mass.

What an I say... when I look at 82% profit losses on the old grey lady... I smile, knowing a bad era is comming to an end.

Die MSM die.

Back on topic...

The rest of those republicans should be getting their butts back to work. Hammer the democrats Mr. Smith goes to washington style - get your buts back to work, microphones and cameras be DAMNED. We are listening. The bloggers that have replaced the old world media are listening, Drudge is listening.

Make some more noise.

Voting for Republicans is why we are in this position for the the past 20 years!

Stay on vacation, the less Congress does the better. Democrats would only screw things up more...it's not a surprise the economy started to tank and gas prices sky rocketed once Pelosi and Co, took over Congress.

Remember the oppossite of Progress is Congress.

Keep it up Republicans, we're listening.

Everyone please write their congresspersons. Why should those charlitans be allow to take 5 weeks off when everyday hard working Americans are grinding it out day in and day out (oh that's right I forgot its an election year forget the fact that Oil and gas is 50% higher than it was ~18 months ago) sometimes 6-7 days/week EVERY week 48-52 weeks per year!!! When are we finally going to wake up as a country? We are not Democrats, Republicans, Libertarian, GREEN---We ARE AMERICANS!!! What happened to the spirit of 9/12-19 2001? I know that is not popular now, rememberance and patriotism however if this country does not wake up and realize that we are about to experience a depression and possible invasion that we have not seen well I fear for this nation..... "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it...." George Santayana

Vote 2008---Your Conscious

Oh,
I forgot Nancy "Supergirl" Pelosi is out to save the planet.

We should plan a protest in Washington D.C.

That would get everyone's attention!

Why are we not protesting, the 1000s of us who are totally disturbed by the actions of the majority?

Pelosi, D-Calif., issued a statement on Monday saying, "This Republican hoax is unworthy of the serious debate we must have to reduce the price at the pump and promote energy independence."

And Nana Pelosi's plan for serious debate is to go on vacation for 5 weeks. Incompetent, undedicated, amateurish.

Wow...I inflated my tires to the recommended PSI and oil dropped again today!!!

This do nothing Congress is a reflection of its leadership. We are listening and watching.

The best thing that can occur is Democrats lose a number of seats in Nov (due to this issue) forcing nancy to step down.

Hey Angie,
The price was $2 when Pelosi and the dumocrats took over the congress in 2006 and now it is over $4. Pelosi said she would lower gas prices back then and now it doubled. Besides that the republicans ever year have tried to push a energy drilling bill through congress and as usual you liberals block it everytime. Clinton veto a bill in 1995 to drill in ANWR. SO your comments are off based and ill informed.
NOBAMA'08

Until America realizes that the Democratic Party of today is pure communism and would be unrecognizable to JFK as his party, we are in for a long dark ride.

Where is Pelosi? So much for leadership in Congress. While Americans are suffering, Pelosi and the Democrats decide to go on vacaction.

How can the Democrats go on vacation when America is hurting and in need of leadership. Why doesn't Barack Obama tell Pelosi to reconvene Congress and pass an energy bill? The Democrats are in control of the Congress and the Senate and this is how they address problems in America, by going on a 5-week vacation?????

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the Dems crying foul when the Repubs ran Congress & the cost of natural gas rose so high that families had to choose between heat & food or medicine?
Now we have a worse situation where families must choose between gas & food or medicine. It's worse because the cost of food & medicine rise w/ the heightened gas prices. Yet, the Dems (you know, those in favor of the little man & not corporate America) have turned a deaf ear to the cries of the weary & broken.
Hear this, Pelosi, Reid, et al:
Vote to drill offshore & gas prices will IMMEDIATELY fall b/c the prices are controlled by oil futures.
Vote to drill offshore & Wall Street will snap to attention.
...foreclosures will subside.
...food prices will drop.
...product prices will drop.
...the USD will return to its former prominence in the world market.
...our economy will bust wide open.
...the world's economies will improve.
...America will reclaim the leading role in setting the world's tempo.

People who think offshore drilling will bring immediate relief at the pump, think again. It takes a while to get oil out of the ground. First we need to know where the oil deposits are. We then need to build the offshore platforms so that the crude oil can be processed before it is moved onshore. So there will not be immediate oil production after the ban on offshore drilling is lifted.

According to a 2007 report by the Energy Information Administration in the U.S. Department of Energy, opening up oil exploration off the United States coastline would not have a "significant impact" until 2030 because of the delay in starting a project. Leasing would begin no sooner than 2012, and production would not be expected to start before 2017. Thus, people can forget about offshore drilling bringing down the price of oil anytime soon.

On January 2nd, 2007, two days before Pelosi and Reid took control of Congress, Sweet Crude Oil was selling for $52.00 a barell and corn was selling for $ 2.00 a bushel. Oil got as high as $147.00 per barrel and corn went as high as $8.00 per bushel. This is the Democrats idea of a Energy Policy.

On the list of things most democrats think are important ... homeland security, and energy independence aren't anywhere near the top. However, maintaining open borders, killing babies whose conception is unwanted, raising our taxes, and giving constitutional rights to radical terrorists that are committed to killing you and your children are all near the top of the liberal agenda.
If Pelosi wants to save the planet, she should hold her breath and count to 2008. Slowly!

I've snailmailed, emailed and faxed all the House Republican members that have stayed in Washington, DC, commending them on their actions.

I've written and faxed our President asking him to force the H of R and the Senate to return to DC to resume work on an energy policy.

I've written and faxed all representatives (notice that's not capitalized) who left on vacation and left issues unresolved.

Have they forgotten that we, the people, pay their salaries?

My boss wouldn't allow me to vacation if there was unfinished business; why should OUR employees?

As for Pelosi...........she's a disgrace. She's not done one thing she promised to do when the Dems won control of the House. Turning out the lights, mikes, C-Span is the straw that....well, you know!

I got a list from Congressman Bohemers office of the Republicans who are part of this wonderful sit-in, and called their offices yesterday. I called to thank them for making my day Friday, and for continuing this week. A newscaster on MSNBC....he is taking over for Chris Matthew's...who probably is following Sen. Obama around, tingling all over. Whoever the person was, he derided the Republicans by saying "they were talking to themselves"....he was dead wrong....they are talking to THE PEOPLE, AND WE ARE LISTENING, AND APPLAUDING. Seems Pelosi may have seen the light and is sneakily telling her minions that they can talk drilling.....too little too late Nancy....

I know where Nancy is... she's criss-crossing the nation in oil-burning jets to hawk her book. I guess that's her way of "saving the planet".

Democrat voters are so gullible. So willing to give up their lifestyles while excusing the extravagant lifestyles of their leaders.

Like school children, the Democrats are on recess. let's see how the Speaker saves the planet while on recess. Everyone should go to their local sandwich shop and order a "Pelosi Special." A "Pelosi Special" is a Tuna sandwich without oil.

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.

Posted by: KP | Aug 5, 2008
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0bama forgot to tell you by deception, or he is clueless, that 80% of electricity in this country comes from burning the black coals and natural gas, producing something that Al Gore hates to gut. Bye-bye Al, your reduction of green gas is under 0bama's bus, unless he is clueless still.

Didn't Nancy vow to take care of high gas prices - back when it was $2.60/gallon? And the bigger problem is that come November we're going to see a whole lot more of this type of help voted in.

Keep it UP Republicans, Americans are watching. Democrats have gotten my last vote! Jay

Republicans are the reason we are in this mess? How laughable! It is the Sierra Club, Green Peace, the ones they have clubbed over the head that are the reason. Enviromental laws are out of whack because we love saving little bugs more then giving humans a chance to thrive and prosper. You idiots. It is not the Republicans (except the ones without a spine) - it is the left - and now everyone knows it.

Too little, too late Republicans. You're going to get what you so richly deserve in November - Democrat President, House, and Senate.

The Conservatives in this country need to rebuild the Republican Party FROM SCRATCH!

Before we can see another Ronald Reagan, we first must suffer another Jimmy Carter - vote Democrat this November and help to speed up the rebuilding!

To those who say we shouldn't drill because it'll take 10+ years to start getting it out of the ground, what would have happened if Clinton would have listened to Conservatives back in teh '90's and started the drilling then? The arguement then? It will take 10+ years to get it to the pump...............Jeez, Dems are dumb. In 10 years they will have the same arguement.

I raise sheep and I can tell you that they are sometimes to dumb to come in out of the rain. Dems remind me of sheep.............

If ALL of the Republican Congressmen would stay and support the few that are there, the MSM could not ignore it, and neither could the Dems. If our own Republican congressmen are not in Washington, we should call them and request that they join in.

The fact that is is so few is why it is being brushed off.

Why doesn't ABC take a camera crew into Pelosi's state and talk to the people there that are working two jobs to pay for gas and see what they have to say there? Maybe then she'll "get it".

I love how people blame the Republicans for the lack of an energy policy over the last 7.5 years. G.W. Bush ran his initial campaign in 2000 on the need to have an energy policy, the need to build refineries, and the need to be energy independent. The left demonized this and blocked the legislation at every turn. Pres. Bush is the first Pres. to invest over a billion dollars into hydrogen cell technology etc. He stated back in 2000 that this would be what was goin to happen but the left is beholden to their enviromental/socialist groups and they WANT prices to be high to FORCE us into their view of the world and where we need to be as a nation. There are a lot of things I dont like about the repubs but they have been dead on on this issue for a loooong time. The only roadblock has been the dems.

Maybe some of the blogs and internet sites could start lists of the people in Congress still at work, so that people would know who to contribute to.

I would rather give my contributions to the politicians who are actually doing what they are supposed to do - trying to work for us.

Nothing gets attention like cash.

Spineless Queen Nancy opted to escape from having a "serious debate" on energy that she knew she would lose, and hopped into her private 757 jet back home to relax, while the rest of us are left to figure out how we are to pay for these high energy prices.

That's okay, Queeny, we will fend for oursleves just fine, and as part of that we may just find a new job for you!

Nancy you are shameless!!!! Go on your 5 week vacation while the rest of us you profess to represent get 2 weeks at the best. You are flying home in a plane paid for by us, when is the last time you filled up your own car, oh that's right you don't have to do that because we are paying for your car as well. One day the people will throw you and all your kind out of a job you and the whole congress are a disgrace.


YOUR TAX PAYER HARD AT WORK TO KEEP IDIOTS LIKE YOU IN YOUR PLUSH JOBS, AIRPLANES AND VEHICLES, TIME TO KICK ALL OF YOU OUT ON YOUR ASSES.

Until the House/Senate get finished with a balanced budget, an answer for the deficit, and a solution for oil prices, they should all be at work.

None of us would certainly be allowed a vacation if we didn't have the important tasks at work already accomplished.

This is why we Americans should impose public service limits of 8 years on all politicians, regardless of level. Useless a$$hats like Pelosi are so out of touch with the day in the life of the average working American that they have no business representing us. When's the last time she picked up a shovel or worked in a business setting making middle-class wages?

She and her pal Harry are disgusting...

These are the Representatives who either stayed in the dark House or who later returned from vacation.

Find their email and H of R addresses on the internet and email and snailmail them to congratulate them for doing the work we hired them for.

Find the no-show lazy twits and tell them what you think of them, too.

Those who stayed:

Steve King, Iowa
Jeb Hensarling, Texas
Don Manzullo, Illinois
Frank Wolf, Virginia
Tom Price, Georgia
Mike Pence, Indiana
Tim Walberg, Michigan
Gresham Barret, South Carolina
Mark Kirk, Illinois
Tom Cole, Oklahoma
John Boehner, Ohio
Roy Blunt, Missouri

I'm certain this list is no longer complete, FOXNEWS is saying more representatives are listening to our clamor and returning to DC.

Let's Unite, America..............FORCE THEM TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, and NOW !

nancy MUSSOLINI is on vacation in san francisco plotting to further wreck the economy.

IMPEACH NANCY PELOSI!!!!
Speakers have been demoted for way less in the past. Why is this socialist still in power? We can make our opinion known by voting for conservatives in our local elections.

Keep it up!!! Let's find out which of the Republicans stayed to do this .. vote the rest out with the democrats!

You would think Nancy would want to drill to reduce the cost of flying her private jet using thousands of gallons of jet fuel to fly home every weekend. But then she is one of the entitled ones that doesn't care what it costs.

Its not a Democrat/Republican issue. Its an American issue. We need to make our own power and drill our own oil. Why are we shipping dollars to foreign interests.

Build wind farms, tidal/wave generators, build more clean coal generators, more nukes, drill more oil offshore. Just do it with VERY tough environmental legislation so we don't pollute.

I do hope that people here know that Oil companies have leased land still that hasn't been drilled on. I also hope that they know that there will not be any oil produced from this in at least 7 years. I do also hope they know that the one group that this benefits is the oil companies and not the consumer. I do also hope they know that according to Nascar, Schwarznegger, Joe Lieberman, Charlie Crist and the Bush govt, that keeping your tires inflated at the proper level will save more oil than this drilling would do. Obama's idea of releasing some light crude from the Strategic Reserve might actually lower prices like they have in the past. Check out his plan announced yesterday. That is an energy plan not more drilling and my favorite, vague, "all of the above" approach by Mccain.

I wonder why Mccain was against drilling for more oil this entire time. He said that the situation now has made it necessary but all of Congress has had regular reports on Peak oil supplies for years, all of Congress is aware that our oil addiction has forced bad policy in relation to the middle east and venezuela because we need them, so clearly, if they were aware that this was going to happen, the time for acting on this " more oil drilling" would have been seven years ago (which would have been possible cause bush-o and the repubs had control of congress at the time). If it were done then, we MIGHT have been able to see some of that oil now.

Is anyone going to seriously suggest that this drilling for more oil is not a gimmick for people who don't understand what an energy crisis or energy policy is? (other than people who clearly don't get what an energy crisis and energy policy is) Does anyone find it strange that the the day before Mccain's oil drilling flip flop, the Hess family had a major fundraiser for him? Does anyone find it strange that Mccain got so much money from Oil men after he did the flip flop?

Nancy Pelosi cares more about her hair than the well-being of The American People.