Posted on 08/02/2008 11:31:41 AM PDT by Anti-Hillary
U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, sent a letter to President Bush today asking him to convene a special session of Congress to address the nation’s energy crisis. The Democrat majority adjourned the House for five weeks today.
“Today the Democrat majority of Congress adjourned for a five-week vacation without taking a vote on bipartisan measures that would lessen our dependence on foreign oil by allowing more domestic drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf.
“The American people won’t get a vacation from high gasoline prices, so Congress shouldn’t take a vacation until we vote to lessen our dependence on foreign oil.
“Since the Speaker has decided not to keep the House in session to allow this vote, I renew my call for President Bush to convene an immediate energy special session of Congress. Under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, the President has the power ‘on extraordinary occasions’ to convene the Congress.
“If $4 per gallon gas isn’t an extraordinary occasion that demands action by the Congress, I don’t know what is. The President should immediately bring the Congress back into session to do its job and give the bipartisan, pro-drilling majority a vote.
“The American people know the only way to lessen our dependence on foreign oil is to lessen our dependence on foreign oil – by giving the American people more access to American oil. I say to my countrymen and colleagues in Congress, ‘drill more, drill now, and we’ll pay less.’
“Mr. President, the Democrat Congress is leaving town for five weeks without voting on more drilling. Use your constitutional authority: bring ‘em back and make ‘em work! Right here, right now. The American people deserve no less.”
**UPDATE**
Congressman Pence and a group of other Republican lawmakers decided that there was still some work left to do before leaving town. While Speaker Pelosi and the rest of House Democrats decided to adjourn the Congress for a five-week recess, Congressman Pence rallied his Republican colleagues to continue speaking out about the direction this Congress needs to move in order to effectively address the energy crisis facing our country...even if the microphones, the lights and the cameras were all turned off!
Also, check out their presser yesterday after the "Tea Party"
http://clips.shadowtv.net/media/stv/3343/13/2008/214/16/3343_13_20080801_163030_1388.wmv
I was thinking we could all mail in some ‘drill’ bits.
He needs to be unprofessional and rude! He needs to demand Congress take action or he will hold Congress in session day after day after day .... until the People's business is done.
We need to flood our congressmen's phones and tell them to get their asses back to Washington and join in this fight.
If I find out my congressman went home, I will e-mail him and call his office first thing Monday.
We need a quorum. We need it now.
Can we be equally porud of Bush?
Will he call Congress back?
Yes?
No?
"The President should immediately bring the Congress back into session to do its job and give the bipartisan, pro-drilling majority a vote."
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He needs a surge like he got over the Amnesty affair.
I'll get mine out this weekend!
Members participating in the spontaneous uprising included Reps. Roy Blunt, John Boehner, Kevin Brady, Paul Broun, Henry Brown, Michael Burgess, John Campbell, Eric Cantor, Shelly Moore Capito, John Carter, Tom Cole, Mike Conaway, John Culberson, Charlie Dent, Jeff Fortenberry, Virginia Foxx, Louie Gohmert, Pete Hoekstra, Duncan Hunter, Steve King, Dan Lungren, Don Manzullo, Thaddeus McCotter, Devin Nunes, Mike Pence, Tom Price, Ted Poe, Jon Porter, Adam Putnam, Mike Rogers (MI), Bill Sali, John Shadegg, John Shimkus, Adrian Smith, Mike Turner, Tim Walberg, Greg Walden, Wally Herger, and Lynn Westmoreland.
The icing would be for Vice President Cheney to stride into the Senate chamber and take the President’s chair to preside over the Senate session.
Dims and libs would be apoplectic.
I would modify that to a picture of a drill bit. A real metal one will be trashed before it gets to the office.
Bush leaves tomorrow for China- I doubt he’s going to “call a special session of congress”
My congressman, Walberg, was the third to speak. Amazingly, he made it back to Michigan to meet with his constituents this morning. I got to talk with him for over an hour — he’s one of the GREAT ones we need to keep in DC. He said that citizens were being brought onto the HOUSE FLOOR by the GOP congressmen as their guests! Since cameras weren’t allowed they’d go out into the halls to talk with the press, and that’s partially how word got out they were holding an after-hours “session.” Dem pages were sent in to remove all the water glasses so Tim’s voice was still hoarse today.
We need more like Tim Walberg and Mike Pence!
Call them back for special session to deal with energy. Make Pelosi and Reid miss their summer vacation. Do it!
It worked brilliantly for Truman 60 years ago. It will work just as well for Bush today.
Not only did it work brilliantly for Truman, there are other instances where either Congress or the President has drawn a line in the sand.
Remember George 41 and no new taxes. He failed the testing of a Democratic congress.
Remember when the Pubbies threatened to shut the government down. Clinton faced them down and he won.
The Public responds to decisive action by the Executive ...or not.
Drill Bit Bump!
Will the President call Congress back into session? Doesn’t look like it. His radio address indicated that he expected them to take up the energy crisis when they returned in September. The GOP is still looking for the fire in the belly that it needs to help the US and itself.
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