Video - The American People Take Over The People's House (Aug. 1- Pubbies Stay & Fight)

21 posted on 08/02/2008 6:48:11 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)

To: browardchad; All

Looks like Brady, according to the info below .. he was on the plane and got off and went back to the House. Some also were driving home, heard it on the radio, and turned around and came back.

God bless ‘em!
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More update info from gateway pundit:

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/house-republicans-refuse-to-vacate.html

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UPDATE 8: From Culberson and Twitter:

Congressman Todd Platts of Penn is up now - He was driving home heard about this and turned around and is here calling for Congress to get to work.

UPDATE 9: The WaPo is reporting that the protest is over(?)

Here is another partial list of the GOP Reps who showed up for the protest:

Among the GOP members who lined up to speak were Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio), Minority Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.), Reps. Michael Burgess (Texas), John Campbell (Calif.), Eric Cantor (Va.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), John Carter (Texas), John Culberson (Texas), Charlie Dent (Pa.), Jeff Fortenberry (Neb.), Virginia Foxx (N.C.), Louie Gohmert (Texas), Duncan Hunter (Calif.), Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.), Mike Pence (Ind.), Tom Price (Ga.), Ted Poe (Texas), Adam Putnam (Fla.), Bill Sali (Idaho), John Shadegg (Ariz.), John Shimkus (Ill.) and Tim Walberg (Mich.).

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And Politico

House Dems turn out the lights but GOP keeps talking

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House, turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices.

Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi’s refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m., and they are busy bashing Pelosi and her fellow Democrats for leaving town for the August recess.

At one point, the lights went off in the House and the microphones were turned off in the chamber, meaning Republicans were talking in the dark. But as Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz..) was speaking, the lights went back on and the microphones were turned on shortly afterward.

But C-SPAN, which has no control over the cameras in the chamber, has stopped broadcasting the House floor, meaning no one was witnessing this except the assembled Republicans, their aides, and one Democrat, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), who has now left.

Only about a half-dozen Republicans were on the floor when this began, but the crowd has grown to about 20, according to Patrick O’Connor.

* GOP talkathon Part II: Dems turn out the lights but GOP won’t go home
* GOP talkathon Part III: No shirt? no tie? No problem
* GOP talkathon Part IV: Come on down

“This is the people’s House,” said Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.). “This is not Pelosi’s politiburo.”

Democratic aides were furious at the GOP stunt, and reporters were kicked out of the Speaker’s Lobby, the space next to the House floor where they normally interview lawmakers.

“You’re not covering this, are you?” complained one senior Democratic aide. Another called the Republicans “morons” for staying on the floor.

Update: The Capitol Police are now trying to kick reporters out of the press gallery above the floor, meaning we can’t watch the Republicans anymore. But Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) is now in the gallery talking to reporters, so the cops have held off for a minute. Clearly, Democrats don’t want Republicans getting any press for this episode. GOP leaders are trying to find other Republicans to rotate in for Blunt so reporters aren’t kicked out.

Update 2: This message was sent out by Blunt’s office:

“Although this Democrat majority just adjourned for the Democrat 5-week vacation, House Republicans are continuing to fight on the House floor. Although the lights, mics and C-SPAN cameras have been turned off, House Republicans are on the floor speaking to the taxpayers in the gallery who, not surprisingly, agree with Republican energy proposals.

“All Republicans who are in town are encouraged to come to the House floor.”

Update 3: Democrats just turned out the lights again. Republicans cheered.

Update 4: Republican leaders just sent out a notice looking for a bullhorn, and leadership aides are trying to corral all the members who are still in town to come speak on the floor and sustain this one-sided debate.

Also, Republicans can thank Shadegg for turning on the microphones the first time. Apparently, the fiesty Arizona conservative started typing random codes into the chamber’s public address system and accidentally typed the correct code, allowing Republicans brief access to the microphone before it was turned off again.

“I love this,” Shadegg told reporters up in the press gallery afterward. “Congress can be so boring. ... This is a kick.”

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Dems turn out the lights but GOP won’t go home Part II

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0808/Dems_turn_out_the_light_but_GOP_wont_go_home_Part_II.html

“Update: A GOP staffer just informed me that post-adjournment protests by the minority party are not unprecedented. The Democrats did it back in 1995, when the Republicans were in control.

Democrats placed a big photo in the speaker’s chair of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) wearing a diaper. Republicans note they are being more respectful this time.

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), who was on a plane headed home, went back to the Capitol, walking on to the floor dragging his luggage. He got a standing ovation.

Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) called it a “new Boston Tea Party!”

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) said he was “not leaving until we call this Congress back into session and vote for energy independence.”

Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said the dimly lit chamber is a “vision of the future by the Democrat Party: The lights are out, there’s no power, and the air conditioning is gonna go off soon.”

22 posted on 08/02/2008 6:51:43 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)

Hey .. someone thought of it, too .. lol

23 posted on 08/02/2008 6:53:59 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)

24 posted on 08/02/2008 6:54:40 PM PDT by Chickensoup ('08 VOTING, NOT for the GOP, but INSTEAD, for the SUPREME COURT that will be BEST for my FAMILY!!)

To: STARWISE; All

Just in case anyone is in the Philadelphia area on Tuesday night, Mz. Pelosi will speaking at the Free Library of Philadelphia.

The event at the Free Library ironically costs $12 to attend.

25 posted on 08/02/2008 6:55:41 PM PDT by retrokitten (Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Mother Teresa)

That was inspiring .. and “USA, USA!”

26 posted on 08/02/2008 6:56:23 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)

To: retrokitten; kristinn; Doctor Raoul; trooprally

No kidding ... sounds like a good FReep opportunity
for our NE FReepers .. ;)

I know you have the list who go to FReeps, doctor.

27 posted on 08/02/2008 6:59:18 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)

28 posted on 08/02/2008 6:59:28 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)

This is so cool, I’m very happy with the Republicans from yesterday and today.

Were they inviting taxpayers in the Chamber? Or were they still just stuck outside? I’d love to get involved in something just like this. Oh man

29 posted on 08/02/2008 7:03:21 PM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)

30 posted on 08/02/2008 7:04:40 PM PDT by GOP_Lady

I was thinking about that too.

Maybe we could get something of an offensive FReep going. Invite Move America Forward, and everybody else.

Jeez I can hardly contain my excitement right now.

31 posted on 08/02/2008 7:05:01 PM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)

To: TornadoAlley3

32 posted on 08/02/2008 7:05:45 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (Dims) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)

Thank-you! Hopefully this sort of fighting for the people will continue. :)

33 posted on 08/02/2008 7:09:35 PM PDT by chris_bdba

It is about a 7 hr drive to DC for us but if I knew something like this was going to happen we’d definately be interested in being there!

34 posted on 08/02/2008 7:11:07 PM PDT by chris_bdba

I hope so, too. It was really something else!

35 posted on 08/02/2008 7:18:34 PM PDT by retrokitten (Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Mother Teresa)

The Republican reps would escort them in, since in order for anyone to be on the floor, they have to be escorted by a congressman. My brother (an aid there at the house of rep) told me of at least one boy scout troop and several other families that were allowed in. I'm sure there were alot more. Congressmen were pulling in people how were just on the tour, and some folks from outside.

36 posted on 08/02/2008 7:29:03 PM PDT by aggie21

I’d yell out for Hunter or Tancredo if I saw them.

Imagine a FReeper invasion of the Chambers...

37 posted on 08/02/2008 7:35:53 PM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)

It was awesome .. totally spontaneous
participation by the visitors, who I
believe were invited to sit on the
floor, in the members’ seats ..lol.

Also read there was a Boy Scout group
there, a German military group and
tons of visitors, who had to have
had the experience of their lives ..
and all totally unexpected. And they
got involved, too.

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