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Here’s how it went down while I was there:
Rep. Adam Putnam (FL): Ran the show, introducing speakers and keeping tourists who were coming in and out of the room apprised of the issue.  Putnam said that we need all kinds of energy to reduce dependence on foreign oil.  Congressmen were still calling for a vote, [...]

Quick hits from the House floor this morning:
Rep. Tom Price (GA) emceed the event, introducing new speakers.  Apparently the revolt was the brainchild of he and Rep. Mike Pence (IN).
Rep. Mike Conaway (TX): reminded listeners that in Speaker Pelosi’s inaugural address she said this would be the open Congress in history, yet an entire debate [...]

House Republicans kept up the drumbbeat for lower gas prices as speeched continued on the House floor in defiance of the August recess.
23 legislators took to the floor as staffers eagerly led tour groups into the chairs normally occupied by elected officials.  Vacationing Americans around the room, visiting their capitol, got a first hand introduction [...]

Check it - Politico has the story - Republicans are refusing to leave town for recess until domestic exploration is at least brought up to vote.  In a dark, hot room, reps say they won’t take a break while American families and the economy is suffering.
If your legislator stayed, call and thank them for sticking [...]

As The Wall Street Journal blog Washington Wire reports, some Democrats are beginning to feel the heat when it comes to energy policy.
A growing number of Democrats are banding with Republicans to push proposals that would relax the current federal moratorium on offshore exploration and production of oil and natural gas. Today in the [...]

NTU really hits the nail on the head with their new project: www.nonewenergytaxes.com.
That really sums up so much of the gas prices, cap-and-trade, regulations, and carbon arguments - whether it be fee levied on energy producers, unrealistic mandates like CAFE standards and biofuels, or subsidies dealt out to favored industries and technology - it all [...]

Yesterday, President Bush announced that he was lifting an executive ban that has prevented offshore drilling for nearly two decades. The lifting of the ban, which was put into place by the former President Bush in 1990, represents a step in the right direction towards lower gas prices and American energy independence.

However, the executive [...]

Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) called for a government takeover of the oil refineries at a press conference yesterday. Paraphrasing, he said, We (the government) should own the refineries. Then we can control how much gets out into the market.
Apparently Hinchey is reading the memos of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez these days. How did that [...]

This morning, the Senate held a vote to end debate on the Climate Tax Bill sponsored by Senators Lieberman, Warner and Boxer. It failed by a margin of 48-36. Here are some thoughts by Myron Ebell, from the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
The Senate voted on Monday evening to bring the Lieberman-Warner energy rationing bill, formerly S. [...]

Upset about high gas prices?
While there are many options available to the average citizen, we do not recommend this.  Apparently driven to despair over ever increasing fuel costs, a California woman set fire to a nearby gas station.
And a Starbucks -  perhaps protesting rising food costs.
America, there is a better way.  Take a deep breath [...]