Not all of them, but the Democrats did, and a number of Republicans apparently did as well. Pelosi decided that going on vacation was more important than bringing up a vote on opening up drilling and oil exploration in our own country. They voted to go on vacation and cut off the cameras, lights, and microphones in the middle of a speech from one of the Republican representatives. If this isn't a blatant disregard for the democratic process and for liberty, what is?
In any case, there were a few Republican reps who remained in the chamber all afternoon speaking out on behalf of the people.
There are some heroes in this. These are the true patriots:
Rep. Brian Bilbray, Calif.
Rep. Gus Bilirakis, Fla.
Rep. Rob Bishop, Utah
Rep. Roy Blunt, Mo.
Rep. John Boehner, Mich.
Rep. John Boozman, Ariz.
Rep. Kevin Brady, Texas
Rep. Paul Broun, Ga.
Rep. Henry Brown, S.C.
Rep. Michael Burgess, Texas
Rep. Tom Cole, Okla.
Rep. John Campbell, Calif.
Rep. Eric Cantor, Va.
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, W.V.
Rep. John Carter, Texas.
Rep. Mike Conaway, Texas
Rep. John Culberson, Texas
Rep. Charlie Dent, Penn.
Rep. Mary Fallin, Okla.
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, Neb.
Rep. Virginia Foxx, N.C.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, Texas
Rep. Wally Herger, Calif.
Rep. Pete Hoekstra, Mich.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, Calif.
Rep. Steve King, Iowa
Rep. Dan Lungren, Calif.
Rep. Don Manzullo, Ill.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Calif.
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, Mich.
Rep. Devin Nunes, Calif.
Rep. Mike Pence, Ind.
Rep. Chip Pickering, Miss.
Rep. Todd Platts, Penn
Rep. Ted Poe, Texas
Rep. Jon Porter, Nev.
Rep. Tom Price, Ga.
Rep. Adam Putnam, Fla.
Rep. Mike Rogers, Mich.
Rep. Bill Sali, Idaho
Rep. John Shadegg, Ariz.
Rep. John Shimkus, Ill.
Rep. Adrian Smith, Neb.
Rep. Michael Turner, Ohio
Rep. Tim Walberg, Mich
Rep. Greg Walden, Ore.
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, Ga.
Rep. Joe Wilson, S.C.
I signed up on Twitter to follow 2 of the reps, Hoekstra and Culberson. Rep. Culberson pointed out a couple very interesting points:
"We would ask the Pres to call Congress into special session but the Senate
used a sneaky trick to prevent this - they are still in session"
"Senate is in "pro forma session" for 5 minutes every day all summer to
stop the Pres from calling a special session to drill here drill now"
I think that's extremely underhanded and treasonous. It really shows you how much the Democrats value our freedoms and our wishes. Why not bring it up on a vote? Because they know it would pass, and they know that it will hurt Obama.
If Obama votes for drilling, he's waffled. If he votes against it, he will catch hell for it as well.
People, take your country back from the far Left! Call your reps and demand they show up and vote on drilling.
