Dems Answer To Energy Problems: Censorship & Retreat, Leave GOP In The Dark

Pelosi had enough of this "solving the nation's problems" issue and decided since the Dems can't solve the problems, they would prevent the Republicans from doing it. She called for adjournment while Republicans were debating and demanding a vote for off-shore and ANWR drilling. The microphones, cameras, & lights were turned off. The only Democrat that remained on the floor...Dennis Kucinich.

The C-SPAN cameras were gone and the microphones were off, but that didn’t stop a small group of Republicans from taking over the House floor after the House adjourned for five weeks to attack Democrats for leaving town without doing something to lower gas prices.

“Madame Speaker, Where art thou?’’ Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, shouted from the well of the House. “This room is vacant of most members of Congress. Where, oh where, has Congress gone?’’ he yelled to about a dozen other Republicans, the tourists in the gallery, some House pages, and Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, the lone Democrat who witnessed the unusual proceeding.

Republicans want Speaker Nancy Pelosi to all the House back into session to vote on the GOP’s energy plan, which calls for an end to a longstanding moratorium on drilling along the outer continental shelf and also seeks to boost conservation and research on alternative energy sources. “Bring the Congress back. Let’s have a real up or down vote,’’ Minority Leader John A. Boehner said after coming into the chamber from a press conference.