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  • Pelosi: At-risk Dems back drilling

    08/05/2008 10:17:42 AM PDT · by BMC1 · 67 replies · 180+ views
    Politico ^ | 8-5-2008 | Martin Kady II and Patrick O'Connor
    California Democrat Nancy Pelosi may be trying to save the planet — but the rank and file in her party increasingly are just trying to save their political hides when it comes to gas prices as Republicans apply more and more rhetorical muscle. But what looks like intraparty tension on the surface is part of an intentional strategy in which Pelosi takes the heat on energy policy, while behind the scenes she’s encouraging vulnerable Democrats to express their independence if it helps them politically, according to Democratic aides on and off Capitol Hill. Pelosi’s gambit rests on one big assumption:...
  • Pelosi: At-risk Dems back drilling

    08/05/2008 5:50:40 AM PDT · by vietvet67 · 27 replies · 146+ views
    Politico ^ | 8/5/08 | MARTIN KADY II & PATRICK O'CONNOR
    California Democrat Nancy Pelosi may be trying to save the planet — but the rank and file in her party increasingly are just trying to save their political hides when it comes to gas prices as Republicans apply more and more rhetorical muscle. But what looks like intraparty tension on the surface is part of an intentional strategy in which Pelosi takes the heat on energy policy, while behind the scenes she’s encouraging vulnerable Democrats to express their independence if it helps them politically, according to Democratic aides on and off Capitol Hill. Pelosi’s gambit rests on one big assumption:...
  • Stephanopoulos to Pelosi: Why No Up or Down Vote on Drilling?

    08/03/2008 10:59:10 AM PDT · by Sub-Driver · 101 replies · 257+ views
    Stephanopoulos to Pelosi: Why No Up or Down Vote on Drilling? By Noel Sheppard Created 2008-08-03 13:41 It seems that even ABC's George Stephanopoulos is getting fed up with Congressional Democrats blocking efforts by Republicans to expand offshore oil drilling in order to bring down gas prices. On Sunday's "This Week," Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) was asked repeatedly why she refuses to allow this issue to come to a vote. The look of disgust on Stephanopoulos's face as Pelosi mumbled non sequitur after non sequitur was almost more telling of his sense of frustration than the number...
  • House Panel: Karl Rove Is In Contempt Of Congress - Ignores House Judiciary Committee Subpoena

    07/30/2008 8:41:34 AM PDT · by Sub-Driver · 51 replies · 119+ views
    House Panel: Karl Rove Is In Contempt Of Congress Ignores House Judiciary Committee Subpoena WASHINGTON (AP) ― A House panel Wednesday voted to cite former top White House aide Karl Rove for contempt of Congress as its Senate counterpart publicly pursued possible punishments for an array of alleged past and present Bush administration misdeeds. Voting along party lines, the House Judiciary Committee said that Rove had broke the law by failing to appear at a July 10 hearing on allegations of White House influence over the Justice Department, including whether Rove encouraged prosecutions against Democrats. The committee decision is only...