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Boehner Golfing While House Gop Play for Oil Drilling on Capitol Hill
Since last Friday, House conservatives have been engaged in a political stunt on Capitol Hill, staging fake sessions on gas prices while Congress adjourned for recess.
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Boehner At Home Golfing While House Colleagues Conduct Oil Drilling Protest On Capitol Hill
Since last Friday, House Republicans have been engaged in a political stunt on Capitol Hill, staging fake sessions on gas prices while Congress adjourned for recess.
All last week, I've been calling around my various contacts, asking them what's been going on in the world.
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Scores of Republican House members will return to the Hill today, despite Congress being on recess, to engage in legislative guerrilla tactics meant to turn the screws on Speaker Nancy Pelosi who has so far ...
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GOP Calls on Dems to Return from - Recess' for Vote on Offshore Drilling
Congress recessed for the summer on Friday, but that didn't keep Republicans from returning to the House floor on Monday to demand that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reconvene lawmakers to pass energy legislation, ...
Congress: In telling House Democrats it's OK to vote for drilling, Nancy Pelosi has conceded that on the biggest election issue she's out of step with the American people.
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GOP Oil Revolt to Resume Monday, Will Media Care?
As reported Saturday, the Republican oil revolt in the House last week didn't get a lot of media attention despite America's angst over rising energy prices.
GOP Gets a Backbone on Oil Drilling
Speaker "San Fran Nan" Pelosi shut down Congress today without debating or putting up for a vote drilling for oil domestically.
McCain vetting Va. congressman as possible veep
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House Conservatives Engage In Political Stunt, Demand A Vote On Gas Prices After Obstructing A Vote
House conservatives engaged in political theater today, storming the floor after Congress was adjourned " to attack Democrats for leaving town without doing something to lower gas prices." Politico reports, "At ...
FCC's Martin faces GOP pressure on Comcast and Net neutrality
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Dems Adjourn, turns off the lights, sound, kicks press out, GOP Stay
Republicans Filibuster on Behalf of Americans, Dems go on Vacation. Update: Now getting Congressional Police to kick reporters out of the Capital Grounds First WEB 2.0 Congressional News conference as Rep ...