I agree with you about this actually getting anything done now, but it is a good rallying cry to the public if the dem MSM will talk about it. One poster said that GW has been asking for an energy plan for 8 years, but why couldn’t the plan pass when the GOP had control of the house? This rebellion reminds me of when the Flyers went to the Stanley Cup finals and all the people who never watch the regular games jumped on board, like me, but I did come to love hockey more than any other sport (except anything with horses). So even though the house might not reconvene, it may change the minds of people who are unaware of the consequences of not utilizing our natural resources with environmental controls attached. I didn’t know until last month that clear cutting had been outlawed 20 years ago! So just like the abortion industry keeping the whole truth about the development of the unborn’s heart beating at 18 days, the environmentalists will not teach the public about the technological advances used to protect the planet while drilling or harvesting any other resource.
Congress was designed with the ability to block legislation. Many times, this is a good thing. This is an example in which it was not.