Sorry, Nan, but your ass isn’t going to be saved by your change of heart after all those months of your foot dragging.
Pelosi indicates openness to offshore drilling vote
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday night dropped her staunch opposition to a vote on offshore oil drilling in the House.
Republicans, reacting to high gas prices, have demanded a vote on additional oil exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf, where drilling is currently blocked by a moratorium. Until now, Pelosi (D-Calif.) has resisted the idea as a “hoax.†But in an interview on CNN’s Larry King Live, she indicated that she was open to a vote.
“They have this thing that says drill offshore in the protected areas,†Pelosi said. “We can do that. We can have a vote on that.â€
She indicated such a vote would have to be part of a larger package that included other policies, like releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which she said could bring down prices in a matter of days.
“But it has to be part of something that says we want to bring immediate relief to the public and is not just a hoax on them,†Pelosi continued.
She even indicated that she might support a package that includes drilling. She said her decision on whether to support such legislation would depend on how the policies are packaged.
So basically, she is saying that if they give her and the Dems everything they want, and then tack offshore drilling at the bottom of it, then they can have a vote.
Nice.
Judges. The ability to control the vote in Congress. Socialized Medicine. The real reason to hit the voting booths this November.
san fran nan is just blowing smoke. She is saving the planet.
Phil nailed it. She’ll introduce a bill to start drilling, but her fellow Dems will lard it up with every left-wing add-on package they could hope for. And When bush rightly balks at it, they’ll get to say that “After all his claims, Bush fails to back a drilling bill when we present one.” Count on it.