Repub Senator Plotting to Close Down Senate Until 'Vote on Offshore Exploration'

[Rufus2007]

http://businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080709213746.aspx

GOP Senator Vows to Close Down Senate Until 'Vote on Offshore Exploration'
Sen. Jim DeMint calls Pelosi, Democrats 'hypocrites' for urging Bush to release oil from the strategic reserves and opposing drilling.

By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
7/9/2008 9:39:47 PM

Drastic times may call for drastic actions according to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).

DeMint told participants in a “national Tele Town Hall meeting” on July 9 there was a movement among senators to shut down the Senate floor if an up-or-down vote was not held on the offshore exploration for oil and natural gas. The senator maintained the added energy was an issue of national security to prevent the nation from being held “hostage” by OPEC.

“One of the things that we’re looking at here – a few of us have been meeting about ways that we might just close down the Senate floor until we get a vote on offshore exploration, as well as developing the supplies of oil and natural gas that we have, you know, around the country,” DeMint said. “We’re trying to come up with some way that we can just – we can get the attention and create a sense of urgency that was just expressed because that is very true,” he explained..

..more (w/audio)..

[Jack Rabbit]

1. Jesse Helms, thou art mighty yet

This sounds like the kind of obnoxious thing he'd do.

[kentuck]

2. They're exploring for a political issue.

High gas prices are the fault of the Democrats. Repeat and rinse.

[LeftishBrit]

3. His name sounds like DeMented; and that's what he seems to be!

How do people like that get elected?

[DU9598]

4. Good

So that means the senate can no longer confirm Bush judicial appointees, right?

[dflprincess]

5. How is it that the minortiy party still appears to run things? (eom)

[kpominville]

6. Repubs control Senate Now

Thanks to Joe Lieberman now caucusing with the Republicans.
They don't get to control the committees because of the law they passed last year.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Let's start by drilling in the waters directly across from Charleston and

Savannah, SC.