Posted by
Jsonlgilbert on Friday, September 19, 2008 1:17:05 PM
This is taken from CFIF.org
More political games designed to dupe the American people! Increased prices at the pump! More dependence on oil from Iran, Venezuela and other foreign countries that HATE America!
That basically sums up Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her liberal cohorts’ plan to address our nation’s energy crisis.
Indeed, leave it to the Pelosi Politburo to pass a bill, literally in the dark of night, that EFFECTIVELY PROHIBITS domestic drilling and then try to sell the legislation to the American people as a measure that opens up domestic drilling!
In case you missed it, here's the play by play on Pelosi’s energy “hoax”:
 On Monday evening at 9:45 PM, Pelosi dropped a 245-page bill on Congress(H.R. 6899, the so-called “Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act.”).
Then, using arcane procedural maneuvers, she effectively stifled substantive debate, by-passed the committee process, prohibited amendments and forced a vote within 24 hours!
And on Tuesday evening, the House of Representatives passed this "sham bill" on a mostly partisan vote of 239-189! |
And Pelosi's bill is NOTHING BUT SMOKE AND MIRRORS. It will ACTUALLY PROHIBIT DOMESTIC DRILLING, RAISE YOUR TAXES, and has a 'mother-load' of Congressional pork!
Republican House Minority Leader, John Boehner, had this to say: "It would permanently lock up 80 percent of our nation's offshore energy resources -- holding hostage billions of barrels of American oil."
Congressman Jeb Hensarling called it “a hoax bill that would permanently prevent exploration of nearly 90 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf for American energy and block energy production in arctic Alaska and the Inter-Mountain West." [Emphasis Mine]
House Minority Whip Roy Blunt said; "I'm offended.... And the American people should be offended that we're not doing the job for them that really matters." |
Right now, this "Pelosi sham bill" is on the fast-track to the Senate and the only thing that may stand in its way -- and the passage of REAL energy legislation that will actually open up domestic drilling -- is YOU and millions of other concerned Americans!
If we don't take action right now, the mantra of "drill here and drill now" may be replaced by a policy of "drill nowhere, drill never and raise taxes on the American people."
And we can't let that happen!
Use the hyperlink below to send your urgent and personalized Blast Fax Messages to President George W. Bush and each and every Republican Member of the United States Senate.
Tell them that the American people are not fooled and REFUSE to be held hostage by "sham legislation." The American people know that this Pelosi "sham" will only PROHIBIT domestic drilling and raise taxes on average Americans!
Tell them that "drill here and drill now" means just that. The American people expect them to stand firm AGAINST "smoke and mirror" legislative plans and to get busy passing REAL energy legislation that will lower the price of gasoline at the pump and decrease our dependence on foreign oil! |