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Friday, August 01, 2008
Dems turn out the lights in the House
This is just hilarious. Pelosi's Democrats voted to recess for five weeks and have left the House. The Republicans decided to stay and talk in the well of the House. This must have infuriated the Democrats because Pelosi ordered for the lights to be shut off. Congressman Shadegg got the lights back on by just typing in various random code numbers into the PA system and was lucky enough to hit the right code number. Pelosi must be so ticked off because the Capitol Hill police is doing everything they can to keep the media from covering the Republicans.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.I guess the Democrats are all in favor of the media until they start reporting on Republicans making fun of the Democratic Party's stonewall on energy.
Apparently, the scene in the House is getting a bit crazy.The scene on the floor is kind of crazy. Normally, members are not allowed to speak directly to the visitor galleries, and visitors are prohibited from cheering. But in this case, the members are walking up and down on the floor during their speeches, standing on chairs. The visitors are cheering loudly. Some members even brought in visitors, who are now sitting on the House floor in the seats normally filled by lawmakers, cheering and clapping. Very funny.The Crypt at Politico is keeping us up to date about the scene in the House.They have brought in dozens of their members, who are walking up and down the aisles making speeches. They have packed the floors and galleries with staffers. When Capitol Police tried to remove reporters from the gallery, Republicans stopped it from happening. The crowd has repeatedly broken out in chants of "Vote, vote, vote!" There are several dozen Cub Scouts sitting on the House floor in seats normally occupied by members.Representative Cole hit the perfect metaphor.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."They've ordered in pizzas and are taking questions from people in the gallery. There are only a few reporters still there and those there, like the Washington Post's Ben Pershing don't sound all that thrilled about this spontaneous spectacle that the GOP is putting on.A progressively smaller group of reporters is hanging around until the bitter end, as many journalists have already left the Capitol for a traditional bout of last-day-of-session drinking. Capitol Briefing, of course, is very pleased not to be sitting on a bar patio somewhere enjoying the sunshine and a beer. He'd much rather be here listening to the 78th consecutive speech about gasoline prices.Personally, I think that the way things are going today for the news media, reporters should thank their stars every day to still have a job. And covering a bizarre scene like this sounds like a lot more fun than a normal day on the House floor.
The Republicans know that they have a winner issue and they're pulling out all the stops. Senator Mitch McConnell had a great exchange with Colorado's Ken Salazar. He asked unanimous consent to bring up a bill to expand drilling and Salazar of course objected. So McConnell kept upping the ante, first asking for a trigger that his bill would be considered if gas prices got to $4.50 a gallon. Salazar objected. McConnell kept on until he was asking for a trigger to consider the bill if gas got to $10 a gallon and, sure enough, Salazar objected. As Ed Morrissey advises the Republicans, put this exchange into a series of ads across the country to let them know that Democrats would oppose expanded drilling in our own country even if gas reaches $10 a gallon. If that is what you support, vote Democratic.
John Hawkins reminds us that ban on offshore drilling expires on October 1, right in the middle of the election campaign. The Democrats will have to vote to extend the ban which they certainly don't want to do. They will want to avoid going on the record on an issue that the American people feel deeply about and which actually plays to the advantage of the Republicans. The Democrats will try to sneak the ban into some omnibus package on appropriations but, as Hawkins advocates, Republicans need to refuse to vote on any such attempt to escape responsibility on this issue.Labels: Energy
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This is just hilarious. Pelosi's Democrats voted to recess for five weeks and have left the House. The Republicans decided to stay and talk in the well of the House. This must have infuriated the Democrats because Pelosi ordered for the lights to be shut off. Congressman Shadegg got the lights back on by just typing in various random code numbers into the PA system and was lucky enough to hit the right code number. Pelosi must be so ticked off because the Capitol Hill police is doing everything they can to keep the media from covering the Republicans.
Apparently, the scene in the House is getting a bit crazy.
The Republicans know that they have a winner issue and they're pulling out all the stops. Senator Mitch McConnell had a great exchange with Colorado's Ken Salazar. He asked unanimous consent to bring up a bill to expand drilling and Salazar of course objected. So McConnell kept upping the ante, first asking for a trigger that his bill would be considered if gas prices got to $4.50 a gallon. Salazar objected. McConnell kept on until he was asking for a trigger to consider the bill if gas got to $10 a gallon and, sure enough, Salazar objected. As Ed Morrissey advises the Republicans, put this exchange into a series of ads across the country to let them know that Democrats would oppose expanded drilling in our own country even if gas reaches $10 a gallon. If that is what you support, vote Democratic.
John Hawkins reminds us that ban on offshore drilling expires on October 1, right in the middle of the election campaign. The Democrats will have to vote to extend the ban which they certainly don't want to do. They will want to avoid going on the record on an issue that the American people feel deeply about and which actually plays to the advantage of the Republicans. The Democrats will try to sneak the ban into some omnibus package on appropriations but, as Hawkins advocates, Republicans need to refuse to vote on any such attempt to escape responsibility on this issue.
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This is just hilarious. Pelosi's Democrats voted to recess for five weeks and have left the House. The Republicans decided to stay and talk in the well of the House. This must have infuriated the Democrats because Pelosi ordered for the lights to be shut off. Congressman Shadegg got the lights back on by just typing in various random code numbers into the PA system and was lucky enough to hit the right code number. Pelosi must be so ticked off because the Capitol Hill police is doing everything they can to keep the media from covering the Republicans.
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.I guess the Democrats are all in favor of the media until they start reporting on Republicans making fun of the Democratic Party's stonewall on energy.
Apparently, the scene in the House is getting a bit crazy.
The scene on the floor is kind of crazy. Normally, members are not allowed to speak directly to the visitor galleries, and visitors are prohibited from cheering. But in this case, the members are walking up and down on the floor during their speeches, standing on chairs. The visitors are cheering loudly. Some members even brought in visitors, who are now sitting on the House floor in the seats normally filled by lawmakers, cheering and clapping. Very funny.The Crypt at Politico is keeping us up to date about the scene in the House.
They have brought in dozens of their members, who are walking up and down the aisles making speeches. They have packed the floors and galleries with staffers. When Capitol Police tried to remove reporters from the gallery, Republicans stopped it from happening. The crowd has repeatedly broken out in chants of "Vote, vote, vote!" There are several dozen Cub Scouts sitting on the House floor in seats normally occupied by members.Representative Cole hit the perfect metaphor.
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."They've ordered in pizzas and are taking questions from people in the gallery. There are only a few reporters still there and those there, like the Washington Post's Ben Pershing don't sound all that thrilled about this spontaneous spectacle that the GOP is putting on.
A progressively smaller group of reporters is hanging around until the bitter end, as many journalists have already left the Capitol for a traditional bout of last-day-of-session drinking. Capitol Briefing, of course, is very pleased not to be sitting on a bar patio somewhere enjoying the sunshine and a beer. He'd much rather be here listening to the 78th consecutive speech about gasoline prices.Personally, I think that the way things are going today for the news media, reporters should thank their stars every day to still have a job. And covering a bizarre scene like this sounds like a lot more fun than a normal day on the House floor.
The Republicans know that they have a winner issue and they're pulling out all the stops. Senator Mitch McConnell had a great exchange with Colorado's Ken Salazar. He asked unanimous consent to bring up a bill to expand drilling and Salazar of course objected. So McConnell kept upping the ante, first asking for a trigger that his bill would be considered if gas prices got to $4.50 a gallon. Salazar objected. McConnell kept on until he was asking for a trigger to consider the bill if gas got to $10 a gallon and, sure enough, Salazar objected. As Ed Morrissey advises the Republicans, put this exchange into a series of ads across the country to let them know that Democrats would oppose expanded drilling in our own country even if gas reaches $10 a gallon. If that is what you support, vote Democratic.
John Hawkins reminds us that ban on offshore drilling expires on October 1, right in the middle of the election campaign. The Democrats will have to vote to extend the ban which they certainly don't want to do. They will want to avoid going on the record on an issue that the American people feel deeply about and which actually plays to the advantage of the Republicans. The Democrats will try to sneak the ban into some omnibus package on appropriations but, as Hawkins advocates, Republicans need to refuse to vote on any such attempt to escape responsibility on this issue.
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