Republicans Making a Scene in the House Right Now

J-Ro

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0808/House_Dems_turn_out_out_the_light_but_GOP_keep_talking.html?showall

Seems the Dems in the House decided they wanted to leave for their vacation while the Reps stayed to debate energy policy. Pelosi is looking bad on this one. I guess they couldn't postpone their 5 week vacation.

ChrisG · Posted: Aug 01, 2008 12:34 pm Post subject:

If I'm getting ready for a 5 week vacation in the middle of summer, I would have been out last Friday.

nmballa · Posted: Aug 01, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject:

Now I keep hearing about how this proposed drilling won't produce results for 10 years. But since speculation drives oil pricing would we see an immediate effect at the pump? I'm personally still for high oil prices. I think demand spurs innovation.

ohsix · Posted: Aug 01, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject:

nmballa, energy policy changes will produce results in the futures market the same day they are passed. Peak oil production may be 10 years out. I don't think anyone can make an accurate estimate of when and how much production will be achieved.

Congressmen have the best job in the world. They're usually not so high profile that people harass them in public, they get a killer retirement package, they get a nice housing allowance for D.C., everything they do in D.C. is no cost to them, they hardly ever go to work, they get to travel on Uncle Sam's dime, in the event they want to do something Uncle Sam doesn't pay for, an interest group will foot the bill, and they really are above the law in a lot of ways.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

This why, if americans were's stupid, we would vote out every incumbant every election and make politics what is should be: a tempoary job, NOT a career.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

microman · Posted: Aug 01, 2008 2:17 pm Post subject:

Republicans sure love their oil eh?

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

microman, to the bitter end.

microman · Posted: Aug 01, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject:

Well just from what I've gathered this seems more like posturing to get the public to see them as the party that's "fighting for them". And/or they're being pressured by lobbyists to move on it. As we've seen it's difficult to know if even lifting a ban on off-shore drilling would have any immediate or sustainable long term effect.

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

What's BS is that when things get tough - they take a vacation. Evil or Very Mad

In the real world when things get tough, you sure as hell better finish the damn job I'm paying you for.
I really wish I could take a 5 wk vacation when I'm in the middle of an ugly, nasty, disgusting surgery that I don't want to be working on for the next 3 hours. Mad

Dave W · Posted: Aug 01, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject:

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

Dave W, Yep, pretty much the way I look at it. Mr. Green

Tbonez · Posted: Aug 01, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject:

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

Hey, it's not easy being a congress person...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0FJhOMc-vA

microman · Posted: Aug 01, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject:

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

i think it's pretty funny. good publicity stunt.

Dave W · Posted: Aug 01, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

approval ratings as it applies to congress as a whole are worthless.

partisan bickering? there's no bickering. this is the repubs taking advantage of an opportunity, throwing a little pep rally and getting some ink in the press...nothing more. dems are rolling their eyes - and if any of them do anything more than that, they are f*cking stupid.

Tbonez · Posted: Aug 02, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject:

Dave W · Posted: Aug 03, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject:

jt09: I'm not sure what you're trying to say with your approval ratings comment. Are you trying to suggest that congress is doing a better job than their 9% approval rating indicates? Are you saying that you approve of congress right now? Please explain.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

what does the approval rating of 350 people mean to anyone? congress doesn't get re-elected, congressmen do.

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Regardless of political affiliation or what we believe should be the outcome, I think it is ridiculous that the Speaker is blocking a vote on the proposed energy policies.