There is a massive movement to force Congress to do something about oil drilling before they embark on their upcoming 5-week recess. Americans of all stripes -- Reps, Dems, Indies, and everyone in between -- are mad at Congress for sitting on their thumbs while we pay more at the pump. Technically speaking, the anger should be directed at the Democrats, specifically Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, but the point remains: the American people are demanding action NOW.
Join in with the likes of Michelle Malkin, who posts an interview with House Minority Leader John Boehner about Pelosi's continued prevention of a floor vote on the "All Of The Above" energy plan the House Republicans are pushing. Also, there's Newt Gingrich, who has the following to say about the matter:
Read the full article here.
So why is Nancy Pelosi preventing votes that would allow for the production of more American oil - which would have the likely effect of lowering our gas prices today?
If the American Energy Act were allowed to come up for a vote and it passed, it would infuriate the left-wing environmental lobby that opposes all new American oil production.
And if the bill were allowed to come up for a vote and Nancy Pelosi and her anti-energy allies could corral enough votes to defeat it, those Representatives would then have to explain their votes to an angry constituency with an election in less than 100 days.
Even the Washington Post can see through this debased power politics. In an editorial last week, they asked:
It's a good question, and one we should ask all of our Representatives.
Our Representatives have a simple choice to make.
With so many Americans cancelling their vacation this summer because of high gas prices, should Congress get to go on a five week vacation without doing anything about it?
Call your Representatives today and insist they do two things.
Americans deserves to know where their Representatives stand on this vital piece of legislation, and it's obscene to allow the bill to languish while so many Americans are suffering under the weight of high gas prices.
Also, we're at over 1.3 million signatures in American Solutions "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" petition. But it will take more.
If you're one of the 1.3 million who have signed so far, please consider sending it to ten of your friends. It's AmericanSolutions.com/DrillNow.
The Left has had a stranglehold on America's energy future for too long and thanks to your efforts it's now beginning to break. It's now time to increase the pressure on the Left to allow a common-sense energy policy that uses all of our American energy sources.
This is a critical time. Not only do we need some relief from energy prices, but we need it now. Pelosi and Reid have made it clear that they're merely running out the clock until the next Congress goes into session, at which time they hope to have an environmentally friendly (and economically stupid) Barack Obama as President along with an even bigger majority in Congress. Then they'll be able to casually sit back and flip off the American people, continuing to do nothing as prices rise even more.
So, the time to act is now!
The GOP is actually showing some fight for a change on this issue, so let 'em hear your voice of encouragement! The dirty little secret is that many of the Democrats would vote in favor of increased drilling, too, which is precisely why Pelosi and Reid can't even allow a vote - they know they'll lose.
Call your Senators and Rep and demand that they address this issue before taking their vacations. Then call Pelosi and Reid specifically, and hammer them over the issue. Then do it again the next day, and the next, and the next. The fact is that they're ignoring the clear demands of the vast majority of the American people for purely political reasons. Tell them it won't fly with you, and that you consider them personally responsible for the continuing high gas prices.
They're the ones preventing relief, so take out your frustrations on them.
There's my two cents.
Join in with the likes of Michelle Malkin, who posts an interview with House Minority Leader John Boehner about Pelosi's continued prevention of a floor vote on the "All Of The Above" energy plan the House Republicans are pushing. Also, there's Newt Gingrich, who has the following to say about the matter:
It's almost August, the time each year when many American families go on vacation. But if you're like many Americans, you're crunching the numbers and realizing this year's vacation won't be like recent years past. The cost of gasoline and its spillover effect on the price of food - and, well, everything else - has left your family with less money to spend. That's why over half of Americans are reconsidering taking vacation this summer to save money.
It's against this backdrop that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and the rest of the leadership in Congress will have to make a big choice.
With so many Americans skipping vacation this summer because of the high cost of gas, should Congress get to go on a five week vacation without doing anything about it?
Last week, House Republicans introduced a comprehensive energy legislation called the American Energy Act.
The American Energy Act is the sort of "all of the above" energy solution the American people want, one that allows for the development of American oil to lower gas prices and free us from foreign sources of oil, but also recognizes that oil must be used as a bridge to a much more diversified energy portfolio for America.
Passing the bill would not only allow the development of more American energy resources from the outer-continental shelf, oil shale, and the Arctic coastal plane, it would cut red tape that blocks the development of new refineries, provide tax incentives and prizes to reward energy conservation and efficiency, and promote renewable and alternative energy technologies.
But if Nancy Pelosi has anything to do with it, the bill will never even come to a vote.
Last week, the US Geological Survey issued a report that showed there are an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil in the Arctic. One third of that oil is in Alaskan territory, but it is currently illegal to access most of it due to the offshore drilling moratorium imposed by Congress.
Furthermore, a recent Fox News poll shows that the American people now favor "increasing oil in the United States immediately" (75%), including offshore (71%) and "in a small area of the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge" (54%).
But despite the increasingly overwhelming reasons to "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less", Nancy Pelosi and her anti-energy allies in the House are countering the House Republicans' "all of the above" energy proposal with a "none of the above" energy stonewall.
They want to leave Washington this Friday having done nothing to lower gas prices. They won't even allow a vote on the American Energy Act.
And let's be clear. None of their reasons for burying the American Energy Act have to do with the merits of the bill.
The Left has offered all sorts of arguments for why they oppose drilling, including reasons why producing more American oil will not lower gas prices. These arguments are bunk, and the American people know it.
In last week's newsletter, I linked to a study by two economists that argued allowing drilling in ANWR would produce an immediate drop in oil prices even if the oil did not enter refineries for several years. The study was rejected for publication in The Energy Journal, not because the editors disagreed with their findings, but because they considered the study's conclusion so obvious that it was not worth publishing.
This week, noted American Enterprise Institute economist Kevin Hasset confirmed what we already know - drilling now would lower prices immediately:
It's against this backdrop that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and the rest of the leadership in Congress will have to make a big choice.
With so many Americans skipping vacation this summer because of the high cost of gas, should Congress get to go on a five week vacation without doing anything about it?
Last week, House Republicans introduced a comprehensive energy legislation called the American Energy Act.
The American Energy Act is the sort of "all of the above" energy solution the American people want, one that allows for the development of American oil to lower gas prices and free us from foreign sources of oil, but also recognizes that oil must be used as a bridge to a much more diversified energy portfolio for America.
Passing the bill would not only allow the development of more American energy resources from the outer-continental shelf, oil shale, and the Arctic coastal plane, it would cut red tape that blocks the development of new refineries, provide tax incentives and prizes to reward energy conservation and efficiency, and promote renewable and alternative energy technologies.
But if Nancy Pelosi has anything to do with it, the bill will never even come to a vote.
Last week, the US Geological Survey issued a report that showed there are an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil in the Arctic. One third of that oil is in Alaskan territory, but it is currently illegal to access most of it due to the offshore drilling moratorium imposed by Congress.
Furthermore, a recent Fox News poll shows that the American people now favor "increasing oil in the United States immediately" (75%), including offshore (71%) and "in a small area of the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge" (54%).
But despite the increasingly overwhelming reasons to "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less", Nancy Pelosi and her anti-energy allies in the House are countering the House Republicans' "all of the above" energy proposal with a "none of the above" energy stonewall.
They want to leave Washington this Friday having done nothing to lower gas prices. They won't even allow a vote on the American Energy Act.
And let's be clear. None of their reasons for burying the American Energy Act have to do with the merits of the bill.
The Left has offered all sorts of arguments for why they oppose drilling, including reasons why producing more American oil will not lower gas prices. These arguments are bunk, and the American people know it.
In last week's newsletter, I linked to a study by two economists that argued allowing drilling in ANWR would produce an immediate drop in oil prices even if the oil did not enter refineries for several years. The study was rejected for publication in The Energy Journal, not because the editors disagreed with their findings, but because they considered the study's conclusion so obvious that it was not worth publishing.
This week, noted American Enterprise Institute economist Kevin Hasset confirmed what we already know - drilling now would lower prices immediately:
If exploration can be expected to be successful and significantly increase oil production in the future, then it would cause producers to revise downward their estimates for future prices. This would increase the attractiveness of extracting more today. As producers respond with higher production, prices today would drop.
Read the full article here.
So why is Nancy Pelosi preventing votes that would allow for the production of more American oil - which would have the likely effect of lowering our gas prices today?
If the American Energy Act were allowed to come up for a vote and it passed, it would infuriate the left-wing environmental lobby that opposes all new American oil production.
And if the bill were allowed to come up for a vote and Nancy Pelosi and her anti-energy allies could corral enough votes to defeat it, those Representatives would then have to explain their votes to an angry constituency with an election in less than 100 days.
Even the Washington Post can see through this debased power politics. In an editorial last week, they asked:
When they took the majority, House Democrats proclaimed that "bills should generally come to the floor under a procedure that allows open, full and fair debate consisting of a full amendment process that grants the Minority the right to offer its alternatives." Why not on drilling?
It's a good question, and one we should ask all of our Representatives.
Our Representatives have a simple choice to make.
With so many Americans cancelling their vacation this summer because of high gas prices, should Congress get to go on a five week vacation without doing anything about it?
Call your Representatives today and insist they do two things.
1. Make it clear to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid they won't support ending the legislative session without passing legislation to lower gas prices.
2. And in the House, push Nancy Pelosi to allow a vote on the American Energy Act.
2. And in the House, push Nancy Pelosi to allow a vote on the American Energy Act.
Americans deserves to know where their Representatives stand on this vital piece of legislation, and it's obscene to allow the bill to languish while so many Americans are suffering under the weight of high gas prices.
Also, we're at over 1.3 million signatures in American Solutions "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" petition. But it will take more.
If you're one of the 1.3 million who have signed so far, please consider sending it to ten of your friends. It's AmericanSolutions.com/DrillNow.
The Left has had a stranglehold on America's energy future for too long and thanks to your efforts it's now beginning to break. It's now time to increase the pressure on the Left to allow a common-sense energy policy that uses all of our American energy sources.
This is a critical time. Not only do we need some relief from energy prices, but we need it now. Pelosi and Reid have made it clear that they're merely running out the clock until the next Congress goes into session, at which time they hope to have an environmentally friendly (and economically stupid) Barack Obama as President along with an even bigger majority in Congress. Then they'll be able to casually sit back and flip off the American people, continuing to do nothing as prices rise even more.
So, the time to act is now!
The GOP is actually showing some fight for a change on this issue, so let 'em hear your voice of encouragement! The dirty little secret is that many of the Democrats would vote in favor of increased drilling, too, which is precisely why Pelosi and Reid can't even allow a vote - they know they'll lose.
Call your Senators and Rep and demand that they address this issue before taking their vacations. Then call Pelosi and Reid specifically, and hammer them over the issue. Then do it again the next day, and the next, and the next. The fact is that they're ignoring the clear demands of the vast majority of the American people for purely political reasons. Tell them it won't fly with you, and that you consider them personally responsible for the continuing high gas prices.
They're the ones preventing relief, so take out your frustrations on them.
There's my two cents.
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