The “No Excuses Energy Act”
From GOP leader John Boehner’s office. Discharge this, Nancy Pelosi:
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on a discharge petition filed by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) to force Democratic leaders to schedule a vote on the No More Excuses Energy Act (H.R. 3089), legislation authored by Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) to increase U.S. energy production and invest in alternative sources of energy:
“The Democratic Majority’s callous indifference as American families and small businesses struggle with $4 per gallon gasoline is both inexcusable and irresponsible. By flatly refusing to schedule votes on the House GOP plan to help reduce fuel costs and achieve energy independence, the Democrats in control of Congress are proving themselves complicit in our nation’s energy crisis, which is growing worse by the day on their watch.
“Where Democrats refuse to lead, Republicans will. Beginning today, House Republicans will offer a series of discharge petitions aimed at forcing the Democratic leadership to schedule several GOP-sponsored bills to increase production of American-made energy, reduce America’s costly dependence on foreign sources of energy, harness new alternative energy technologies, and lower gas prices. I thank Rep. Tim Walberg for offering the first discharge petition in this effort – one that seeks to force Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer to schedule Rep. Mac Thornberry’s No More Excuses Energy Act. The Thornberry bill will open new American oil refineries, invest in alternative energy sources, and increase environmentally-safe exploration of untapped oil resources in the United States.
“Rep. Walberg’s discharge petition provides rank-and-file Democrats an important opportunity to back up their rhetoric on gas prices with real action. By joining House Republicans in supporting it, they can send a long-overdue message to the Democratic leadership: American consumers are hurting, and this Congress has a responsibility to act on meaningful legislation aimed to bring down soaring prices at the pump.”
NOTE: The No More Excuses Energy Act would help reduce the price of gasoline by opening new American oil refineries; investing in diverse energy sources such as wind, nuclear, and captured carbon dioxide; and making available more homegrown energy through environmentally-sensitive exploration of the Arctic coastal plain and in deep ocean energy resources. A recent Gallup survey indicated that 57 percent of Americans support increased production of American-made energy. For more information on the House GOP’s comprehensive plan for lower gas prices, please visit the House GOP’s “Real Energy Solutions” website at http://GOPLeader.gov/energy
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By God there are a few people left on the Hill who have some brains & balls.
Time to put up, or shut up.
This Dem Congress has proven time and time again it has one issue make the Bush administration look bad.
Why because most people don’t understand that it is congress that makes the decisions on these bills to be drafted not Bush!
Nancy will fight this tooth and nail. She doesn’t care about the people. She’s worried about November and wants the propaganda that our energy problems are all the fault of Republicans be in the news daily. Perish the thought that MSM would publish all the efforts to help the engery crisis that were voted down by Democrats.
Nancy is a real piece of work. The Republicans had been support this effort and get tough like they should have 8 years ago.
Like the name. Screw wind energy. We need fuel!
No More Excuses….
Crock.
They should all be excused.
had better….sorry.
I certainly hope McCain is looking at John Boehner for VP!
Errr….
Way to grab a pair and go from their, John B.
Common sense, which means the democrats won’t do it.
Aren’t these high prices exactly what the democrats want? I swear everyone was talking about the need to fight global warming thougn an increase gas prices,such thatthat consumption, and hence carbon emissions, would decrease. Now that dem plan is in full effect what are they saying about it? Morons.
I second this statement.
LOL Mister P, Logic to Democrats is like water to a cat.
Amazing! someone grew some kahoonas, maybe. But the big question will the Democraps let it go to the floor or make exuses and what pork will be tacked on to this one to try and thwart it if it does get a up or down vote?
Why haven’t the elected leaders of our country addressed using hydroxy gas?
According to the following website, oil companies, auto makers, and yes, even our government has known about this technology since 1930. Is this technology too good to be true?
http://www.panacea-bocaf.org/hydroxygas.htm
Here’s another site dedicated to Hydroxy gas.
http://www.runyourcarwithwater.com/?hop=1373car2
What do you think? Not enough profits? Bad for the ecology of the planet? What gives?
LOL. The photo kills me. Deer in headlights
They’re not going to move on anything until their man Obama takes over in January. Then they can make it appear as though he was responsible for the success.
As as fifty-five year veteran of the oil patch, I am continually flabbergasted by the economic ignorance of the Dems and, regretably, some Republicans, as related to energy and the need to build new refineries and explore every area with potential oil reserves.
Current technology virtually eliminates environmental risk and it is asinine to dismiss drilling ANWAR on the assumption it would only provide a 5, 10 or 15 year supply of crude. That may or may not be true but it will take five years to bring any new oil to market and every little decade of oil supply helps.
I’ve been saying this since November 2006.
A couple of months later and Pelosi still won’t reveal her plan.
Remember this?
Link
Since San Fran Nan’s secret plan to reduce fuel costs from 2006 has only resulted in doubling the price of a gas of gallon for the average American citizen you think she would jump at the chance to do something positive to fix the current energy crisis that is about to destroy the countries and in turn the world’s economy. With a real plan of action crafted by those on the other side of the aisle she will more than likely shoot it down rather than let the GOP get credit for actually trying to do something about this issue. Drill Here, Drill Now, and Pay Less! How hard is that to understand Queen Pelosi?
When I lived in Lansing, MI, I was on the wrong side of the street from Tim Walberg’s district.. but about everything I have heard about him from there was that he was a pretty conservative guy.. he ran and defeated a RINO for his seat..
recycle it with all those pop bottles..
from what I’ve read up on the captured carbon, it seems like a joke..
I have yet to hear why the ‘excess’ carbon in the air doesn’t get absorbed into the plant life and plankton in the sea..
holy cow.. when I first clicked over, no one had commented at all.. my Dad called and we talked for less than a minute while I was trying to comment.. and it fills to 23 comments
you guys are fast
Hmmmm, drill here, drill now…
could this be the return of Newt?
Surprisingly, my cat likes water.
We are the only country in the world knowingly ignoring our own natural resources, and refusing to use our oil and coal.
Its like refusing to scratch off the last square on your lottery ticket.
Good to see there are still a few REAL Reagan Conservative Republicans in Congress. Unfortunately, they seem to be the minority.
Here’s hoping the others see the handwriting on the wall and get behind this.
and all the companies that support or are supported by them have shiped operations overseas.
Frankly?
I smell gridlock.
I see environmentalists fighting this legislation tooth and nail. Only when the majority of the american public starts screaming about the high cost of energy will anything be done to facilitate domestic production. We need to look at nuclear energy, expand oil exploration and drilliing, and look toward coal/oil conversion.
Wind and solar really aren’t viable for large scale power generation.
But to have any short term effect the effort would have to be on the order of the Manhattan Project.
I suppose a commitment by congress to increasing domestic supply might cause a speculation downturn.
Or this could be posturing by senate republicans in order to appear to be “leaders” in an election year.
Makes me wonder why all of a sudden they want to do something now when they couldn’t get it done when they had a majority.
I also smell bovine methane…..
Cats and water go well together. You just have to watch it as they scratch like hell while you hold them under.
*ducks*
aintgonnahappen.com
The Dems will never let it come to a floor vote. They are only interested in ‘energy’ plans that Republicans will vote against so that they can then use it for political gain in the election.
That was my thought, why didn’t they do this ten years ago when they were in charge? Are they that lacking in foresight that they couldn’t see a problem developing in the Middle East? How about after the towers were brought down? They didn’t see a potential need for domestic production then?
Better late than never I guess.
On a related note, any idea how I would go about suing the environmentalists that have put us in this situation for my loss of net income due to increased commuting costs? I figure they can find all kinds of reasons to file a lawsuit, why can’t I? Any lawyers out there want to help out?
Okay, who has been handing out balz to the Republicans? First we have Bush with the E-Verify and now this.
I certainly hope not. Boehner hasn’t found a way to really take charge of the GOP caucus and mold it into something that didn’t look like Tom DeLay’s K-Street plan. Ohio’s an important state, but McCain would be better off with picking John Kasich.
Don’t tell the Dems. They’ll come up with some 10-year plan to bottle it and use it for fuel, at a cost of only 30-40 times the value of the energy produced.
It’s called “filibuster” and was used by the Dems just as successfully as the Republicans are using it now.
It would cause a downturn in the futures market based on the anticipation of future increased supply. You can call that “speculation” if you want, but it’s called foresight and planning pretty much everywhere else.
Since you like what they’re doing, keep on praising them for it. Positive reinforcement is as important as the negative kind.
Wind farms and oil wells go well together in the beautiful prairies of West Texas, out near Iraan and Bakersfield.
Beautiful Texas prairie, with wind mills and oil wells, energy, and profits, for Americans.
right_on I agree!!!
Check out this Fox 26 news clip!!! Why is this not being tapped?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfaEB13fZaU
http://hytechapps.com/
Hello Congress!!! Anyone listening?
May need to get these bills through congress and on Bush’s desk before he leaves office.
McCain and or Obama will Veto it… McCain like many issues is heavily leaning into the marxist territory, including REAL Energy plans that help America.
I believe there are alternative energy sources we could use, that simply are being forgotten. And not just for gasoline.
I may need some correction on this. Was there not a person in the 70′s that had a carborator (or something) that increased gas mileage to 50+ a gallon, or was that an urban legend? I know my parents talked about it, and i’ve heard it sporatically over the years. Maybe someone else can help with that.
Water powered engines? vegetable oil engines that seem to be a fad?
What about plasma conversion? We use Plasma Fusion in many things, perhaps even in cars to power an engine, at (from some initial material i’ve come across) little to no environmental impact.
Wind, solar, hydroelectric…we have other options…
Finally, about 5 years too late.
To me, it’s no coincidence the economy went to hell in a handbasket after this nation elected Democrats to power in 2006.
Eco-nuts and the rest want high gas prices because it forces all but the wealthiest (i.e., liberal Hollywood types and politicians) to cut back – fewer vacations, less heating/cooling their homes, etc.
It’s a “Green” dream, so to speak.
Now let’s see the GOP keep this newly-developed backbone and really stick it to the Democrats.
While this may seem to be a promising development I’m just not sure I can sing the praises of it just yet….
I reckon I’ll wait and see.
But I’m not optimistic.
Maybe us ‘grouchy’ R’s have finally gotten their attention. Probably the lack of money coming in from us is a better guess.
L
Want to know why there have been no new refineries in 30 years? … check here …
Enviro-Nuts Obstructionism
This company has been trying since 1998 to build a new refinery here in Arizona … they have had to move the construction site several times … with each relocation they had to start over with all the environmental reports and studies …
If they don’t get stopped again this will finally go online in 2012 … almost 15 years after they started the project …
Environmentalist have closed over 150 refineries since 1982 … the public doesn’t realize that most refineries were small independent companies … they were not a part of the major oil companies … many large companies (BP comes to mind) have built refineries in other countries rather than go through all the enviro-idiocy and its accompanying costs to build in the U.S. …
Have you been watching That 70′s Show?
One of the characters insists that some guy invented an engine that “runs on water, man!” You just reminded me of that scene, which is hilarious.
I just sent this. Probably won’t do any good cause San Fran Nan doesn’t really give a flying F about average Americans.
Dear Speaker Pelosi,
Stop lying about the causes of high oil prices. People with a brain know that the high gas prices are the result of thirty years of liberal and repressive “green” eco- policies. With the increased oil demand from emerging industrialized nations it has caused the rise in market prices. Basic economics 101 supply and demand.
Another cause is the inability of oil companies to expand or build new refineries because restrictive legislation makes it unprofitable. Plus, having to make at least 18 different seasonal gasoline blends adds to the cost.
The fact that we have access but not the ability to drill for the trillions of barrels of oil on our lands and off our shore, is hurting more and more American’s each day.
You promised to do something about gas prices when the Democrats took the House in November 2006. Here are the facts since the Democrats took the House:
• “Do-Nothing” Democrat leadership continues to sit on the sidelines as gas prices soar higher
• Average retail gas prices hit an all-time record high over the weekend of $4 per gallon of regular unleaded, according to AAA
• Average prices have gone up over $1.65 since the beginning of the 110th Congress – this represents a nearly 71 percent increase during Nancy Pelosi’s speakership
The “No Excuses Energy Act” has been introduced by House Republican Leader John Boehner. Now is the time to end your partisan rhetoric. Americans are hurting and the liberals are responsible.
Are you an American first, and a partisan Democrat second?
The opportunity to do the right thing is before you. What will you do?
That’s a noble goal, but an impossible task! Democrats are the party of status quo – they will never give up the rhetoric, because inaction keeps them elected.
It is all too obvious that Democrat leadership has decided to inflict as much pain on Americans as possible – and blame that pain on Bush to get Obama and more Democrats elected in November. This plan has been in place since the 2006 election and the only real fly in the ointment was the unexpected subprime problem. The energy crisis, by contrast, is a God send to the Dems because they can divert the blame for the pain to the mean old oil companies (who will pass on any tax increases and other costs to you and me.)
Once the takeover of the Congress is complete and the Presidency is in the hands of Obama, the Dems will go on a tax and spend spree that will turn every working American into a victim. The likelihood is that Obama will be so bad that even the horribly failed Carter presidency will look good in comparison. In 2010, the public will realize that they have been handed a mess and try to correct the situation. Unfortunately, the damage done will take decades to repair and, in the meantime, America will slowly lose its leadership position in the world to the likes of China, India, Russia and Brazil. This is a truly sad future for our children and grandchildren- and it need not have happened.
Where is misstress justice when you need her?
I do not understand the “environmentalists”. They cry when we want to drill using the most up-to- date technology, but are ok with shipping oil over thousands of miles of oceans. We have seen what happens when an oil tanker crashes, but amazingly there were no major oil spills off the Gulf Coast after Katrina.
The Democrats are possibly paying with fire. The higher gas prices get, the more “the will to drill” among the American People will grow. If somehow their opposition can get out (the MSM will not help), they may pay a political price
Shut up Pelosi, you had your chance to make good on your promises, and you failed.
We’re supposed to celebrate this? Where were they for the last 7 years?
Confidential to Gordon Smith (OR):
Why don’t you just switch to the Dem party already? You’re already about 95% there.
SanFranNan, just waiting for your “most awesomest plan ever”! And waiting…and waiting…
Dammit! What’s wrong with Congress? Screw solar power. We need Porcine Energy Expansion. Remember the 20 million gallons of pig crap that burst a levee and flooded a small North Carolina town some years back? Do you realize how much energy that represents? Brown gold baby. With all the crap American farmers produce we can be permanently energy independent NOW. Pig Crap, it’s what’s for dinner. Or something like that.
The GOP did pass drilling in ANWR 10 years ago and Clinton vetoed it, since then oil prices had been low enough for it not to be a priority. We have more oil in America than Saudi Arabia does but the Democrats and their environut allies continue to block it. Hugh Hewitt just reported that the nuts are already bringing a lawsuit based on the polar bear listing to block exploration in the Arctic.
I priced solar panels for the Barnyard and they would cost about $17,000 so at my average rate of elctric use they would take about 30 years to pay for themselves, not fiscally realistic.
The GOP can use this as an issue for this election if they only will.
Dear Queen Speaker,
Thanks for getting me “hosed” at the pump.
Great job from our DO NOTHING CONGRESS.
“investing in diverse energy sources such as… captured carbon dioxide”
Is that catching bison farts?
Politicians and energy innovations don’t mix. People have to stop looking to these goofs to “solve” energy problems. They just aren’t any good at it. Just yank all of the ridiculous “you can’t drill here” laws and let’s get on with things, eh?
Yes, I think it was 100 MPG, and it was an urban legend.
Wow, republicans with cajones—I’m liking this….
Finally, it’s nice to see some politicians make the effort to roll back some of this insane bureaucracy and move governmental obstacles out of our way so we can continue succeeding. In some sense, I wonder if liberals are just jealous that the average American can do so much to succeed without a hint of their help, which leads them to compensate by passing some nonsensical legislation just so they can attempt to take the credit for any good thing Americans do.
On June 10th, 2008 at 3:19 pm, On-my-soap-box said:
On June 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pm, John Ansell said:
LOL Mister P, Logic to Democrats is like water to a cat.
Cats and water go well together. You just have to watch it as they scratch like hell while you hold them under.
Soap, to make a cat sound like a dog you just put it in the microwave on high & very soon you hear a woof
In preparation for the fall campaign cycle, where can we get summaries of roll calls on energy related bills in the past 8 (16?)years. You know, the ones that would show the Dems voting against virtually every single bill that would have reduced our national dependence on foreign oil?
Is there a searchable database somewhere that lets one limit the bills to review to those related to a specific topic?
This problem has been in the making for over thirty years (the Carter Era debacle). Neither the Republicans or the Democrats will EVER do anything about it, because the oil companies are carrying the pensions of millions of people, as I understand it.
The environmentalists are certainly part of the problem, but by following the money, I believe, we can come to a more logical conclusion than the disingenuousness and collusion of hundreds of legislators and aides – perhaps even ‘experts’. The most basically educated dweeb around can understand the law of supply and demand, if he is willing to listen with his brain and not someone else’s wallet! (except that idiot I heard today on Boortz)
Of course, I could be partially wrong, but I’m certainly not all wrong. I’ll do some more research anyway.
I agree.
We should also be looking at what the governor of Montana wants to do with converting coal to gas.
I also heard Glenn Beck mention the oil – shale possibilties.
On my soap box #31
So sorry
so late,
end of story
oBOGAama in 08
So sorry
so late,
end of story
oBORG
ama in 08
Dude that’s a brickbat waiting to be swung. This could be a killer for Republicans, could even gain them LABOR (millions of jobs await in drilling and bulding nukes).
MILLIONS.
mom2jack, you probably won’t see this, late to see this thread. I assume you live in Orygun, have you seen Smith’s t.v. ad, rated “right in the middle” and he’s bragging about that? I want a senator that has morals, convictions, principles similar to mine and will fight for them…not slide to the middle like Bush, McNasty and most the other repukicans have. Now wonder the party is dieing
right_on and westcoast, have either of you tried this or know of anyone that has? It does look too good to be true. Sure would like to hear from someone that has tried it. Na, can’t be true…energy from water?