Not All Republicans Urging Bush to Veto Drilling Ban

CNSNews ^ | August 14, 2008 | Fred Lucas

[Man50D]

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) – Not every Republican House member is ready to join House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R.-Mo.) in advising President Bush to veto any bill that extends the federal moratorium on new off-shore oil drilling leases past Sept. 30, when the current moratorium expires under law.

Blunt told CNSNews.com last week that he would advise President Bush to veto any bill that extended the oil drilling moratorium and to have the Interior Department begin making preparations now so it would be able to issue leases in October when the moratorium will no longer exist.

When asked about a veto yesterday, however, Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) said he would like to see some sort of deal worked out with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that allowed drilling but obviated a showdown.

“We’re in a position right now of the Democrats trying to figure out what to do, an energy bill that addresses the needs presented today,” Shimkus told CNSNews.com.

“Let’s have a vote. I would rather have a comprehensive energy plan. Speaker Pelosi mentioned she would be open to more drilling and exploration. We would like to follow up. She should come back to the floor, so then we wouldn’t have to worry about the moratorium or a presidential veto,” he added.

However, Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) told CNSNews.com he believed Bush should veto any bill that includes a moratorium on offshore drilling.

“The heartland of this country that produces the food, that manufactures the goods that creates the energy that gets shipped to the large urban areas, cross party lines, do not understand the reason we cannot use our resources responsibly,” Davis told CNSNews.com.

[rodguy911]

Here is what is at stake just in Alaska alone.
30 years ago the Aleyska pipeline produced some 2.1 million barrels of crude per day.
Today it is down to 700,000 barrels and still dropping as the field is drained.
Anwar is less than 80 miles from the pipeline. If we start drilling soon we can have oil flowing in time to keep the pipeline from going down.
Once it hits 300,000 barrels per day it goes down and is shut off.
If we let it shut down it will cost the world two million barrels of production per day, how the hell can we do that?

[Liberty2007]

yeah soros back rinos don’t want drilling

[NurdlyPeon]

This is the same stalling tactic BS that we were treated to with the border fence. We can't build a fence (drilling rig) until we have a comprehensive immigration (energy) plan. So, until we have completely worked out 10,001 details about things that might happen 10 years in the future, we can't take any action at all. SS...DD.

[IbJensen]

Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) said he would like to see some sort of deal worked out with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

Too many weasels in the Republicrat Party!

[LibLieSlayer]

It does NOT matter what liberal pubbies think... 87% of AMERICANS WANT DRILLING HERE AND NOW!!!!! Screw these rinos!

LLS

[tobyhill]

Another election to weed out the RINOs. The House GOP RINOs doesn't matter too much as long as we keep at least 40 solid to moderate Conservatives in the Senate.

[jwparkerjr]

re: I would rather have a comprehensive energy plan

Uh oh! Any time you hear that word ‘comprehensive’ coming from Congress it should set off all kinds of alarms at every level. As an earlier poster pointed out this was the mantra with immigration. Turns out Congress Critters like a comprehensive plan because that code for them to load it up with all sorts of pet projects, knowing it be just to darned big and expansive for anyone to know what's in it.

Legislation should limited to a single subject and any amendment offered should be required to deal with that single subject.

So much of what ails us today has to do with a Congress that has gone on for over 200 years now piling rule upon rule, each one designed to get around a legitimate concern about what they are doing. Who would have imagined 100 years ago that the Senate would be kept in session, albeit only in the barest sense of the word, just to keep the President from making recess appointments to fill vacancies left unattended by an obstructionist Senate?

We are beyond the point of saving the current set up. The only solution will be a total collapse of the system and going back to ground zero to rebuild the process.

[Maceman]

Legislation should limited to a single subject and any amendment offered should be required to deal with that single subject.

Also, before voting on any bill, each legislator should be required to sign a sworn affidavit under penalty of perjury stating that he or she has personally read the bill in its entirety.

[bestintxas]

Go look at the websites of the RINO Senators in Maine, Collins and Snowe.

You will not find drilling for our energy needs on either one.

They should relegated to the fate of the Dodo bird - Bludgeoned to extinction by intelligent beings.

[mouse1]

Pelosi is out of touch with reality.
It’s the economy Pelosi!!

Keep supporting our congress heros that are still in Washington!!

We need a vote
Nazi Pelosi AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov

We need emergency session
President Bush comments@whitehouse.gov
202-456-1111

John Boehner invited McCain to join them
McCain needs to get his a$$ to Washington where he belongs
It will bring the much needed media attention
http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/

[jwparkerjr]

Absolutely! The whole system has come to be nothing more than a way to hide the contents and true intent of legislation and get it enacted.

I don’t see any solution on the horizon. The Contract with America was an encouraging start, but once the 100 days had gone by the new majority started to taste the fruits of power and it was downhill from there.