September 30th, a day that will live in insanity
QandO — ... We know that one of the primary planks on which Congressional Democrats ran on in 2006 was a promise to bring gas prices down. Instead they’re up over a $1 a gallon and Republicans are not being shy about reminding everyone about this. ...

House Twitter
The Great Plains Observer — ... The hilarity continues as the Democrats have for the 2nd time turned off the lights on the House floor and now the Republican’s have requested a bull horn. ...

Obama's Netroots Supporters Continue "Blog Burning"
Confederate Yankee — ... are spam blogs. Pro-Obama activists were blamed for those attempts at censorship as well. Like John at Argghhh!, I don't think for a second that the Obama campaign has any official knowledge of this attempt to hamstring or terminate rival political viewpoints, but as Obama once won an election by exercising procedural tricks to have his rivals thrown off the ballot, it is certainly in line with the kind of character he has displayed in the past. Update: Republican revolt in " Pelosi's Politburo ." Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats fled the House of Representatives, turning ...

Turn out the lights, the party’s over (or perhaps not)
Political Animal — ... Today is perhaps the single best example in recent history of lawmakers going out of their way to prove that caricature right. John Bresnahan has the story: ...

The Revolution is not being televised!
Daily Kos — ... for Petroleum! Delete my F*$#ing Drilling Moratorium, Kos! Fun. Good times. The only question in my mind: Will the traditional media cover this as a Brave Act of DefianceTM, or mock them as Dana Milbank did when House Judiciary Dems met in the basement to discuss the Downing Street Memos. (Full disclosure: I wasn't too keen on the basement gig, either.) My guess: BAoDTM. Sigh. Pre-publication update: The coverage begins. ...

A Little Political Theater On The Floor Of The House Of Representatives
Ace of Spades HQ — A Little Political Theater On The Floor Of The House Of Representatives The House adjourned for its August vacation but a handful of Republicans decided to keep talking about their energy plans and what the Democrats won't do. That's when things got amusing. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m. and are busy bashing Pelosi and her fellow Democrats for leaving town for the August recess. At one point, the lights went off in the House and the microphones were turned off in the chamber, meaning Republicans were talking in the ...

Blackout: Pelosi turns off the lights as GOP demands action on drilling; Update: Video added
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... A transparent stunt but an awfully shrewd one. The cameras are off so we’re forced to rely on Politico for running updates. What a scene: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices. Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi’s refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the ...

GOP Stages Revolt as House Dems Skip Town Without Oil Vote
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — In a stunning development, Republicans are currently staging a revolt against House Democrats who adjourned a few hours ago to head on a five week vacation instead of allowing a vote which would permit additional offshore oil drilling. As Politico reported moments ago: Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi's refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed ...

“This is Not Pelosi’s Politiburo”
Say Anything — ... the Capitol police to start ejecting reporters that were listening to the Republicans in the dark!  What is it that Nancy doesn’t want the American people to hear? Maybe that her party is totally unconcerned with high gas prices and that they’d rather leave town than take care of business? “This is the people’s House. This is not Pelosi’s politiburo.” -Rep, Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) Politico has the coverage here. Hat tip Hot Air Cross Posted at Proof Positive ...

House Dems turn out the lights but GOP keeps talking
The New Editor — From The Crypt at Politico.com: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices. Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi's refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m. and are busy bashing Pelosi and her ...

Breaking- House Dems Turn Out The Lights On The GOP And The American People
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... for drilling and have proposed “use it or lose it’’ legislation to force oil and gas companies to use their leases or give them up. They have also proposed a series of other steps, including forcing President Bush to release tens of millions of barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a step the Democrats say would lower world oil prices quickly by increasing supply. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Politico) Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned ...

GOP Smiths go to Washington
The Anchoress — This is both hilarious and heartening! The GOP asked for continued debate on oil drilling; the Democrats voted instead to adjourn. Accordingly, the Pelosi turned off the lights, turned off the microphones and ordered the cameras turned off . But the GOP are staying. And talking. And apparently having a hell of a good time, even though the Democrats are basically asking the press not to cover what they are calling “a temper tantrum”: At one point, the lights went off in the House and the microphones were turned off in the chamber, meaning Republicans were talking in the dark. ...

Like Something Out of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Commonsense & Wonder — This is wonderful, Nancy Pelosi adjourned the House to stifle debate about oil drilling and the GOP is still there despite efforts to kick them out: Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi’s refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m. and are busy bashing Pelosi and her fellow Democrats for leaving town for the August recess. At one point, the lights went off in the ...

Instapundit — ... POLITICO: "Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices. Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi's refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m. and are busy bashing Pelosi and her fellow Democrats for leaving town for the August ...

We Kan Haz Circus!
Stubborn Facts — Well, they said if Bush were re-elected that law enforcement would try to muzzle the press, AND THEY WERE RIGHT! Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices. Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi's refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the ...

It may be political theater, but it’s theater I can believe in
Flopping Aces — This is how the GOP gains back seats in Congress: House Dems turn out the lights but GOP keeps talking Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices. Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi’s refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting ...

A 3-D Congress: Dems On Defense And In Denial
Riehl World View — ... increased domestic oil production may at least help bring down gasoline prices, the Congress became a calamity today as ham-fisted Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, squashed debate to cut and run on five-week paid vacations at home and even abroad in some cases - with all travel and gasoline expenses footed by American taxpayers, many of whom might just be staying home themselves this summer as a result of rising fuel prices. ...

The Grasshopper and The Ant
The Anonymous Liberal — ... And now that the long-awaited winter has finally come and we're all suffering under the weight of sky-high oil prices, what is the Republican response? They seize upon an imaginary quick fix—off-shore oil drilling—and all rally around it, accusing their opponents of being the obstacle to lower oil prices. They preen and pose, convening ...

Dems turn out the lights in the House
Betsy's Page — Friday, August 01, 2008 Dems turn out the lights in the House This is just hilarious. Pelosi's Democrats voted to recess for five weeks and have left the House. The Republicans decided to stay and talk in the well of the House. This must have infuriated the Democrats because Pelosi ordered for the lights to be shut off. Congressman Shadegg got the lights back on by just typing in various random code numbers into the PA system and was lucky enough to hit the right code number. Pelosi must be so ticked off because the Capitol Hill police is doing everything they can to keep the ...

Take Over of House Chamber
The American Mind — House Democrats adjourned without voting on expanding energy production. So the House Republicans decided to take over the chamber with or without lights, microphones, or Democrats. The cameras are off so your best chance to follow what’s going on is through Twitter. “House Dems Turn Out the Lights But GOP Keeps Talking” ...

House and Senate Race Roundup, 8/1
Daily Kos — ... this year." The strength of Skelly and Doherty's candidacies certainly does speak to the wealth of opportunities available for Democrats this fall. TX-07 and TX-10 have been solid Republican strongholds ever since the 2003 redistricting; to elect Democrats in these districts is to fundamentally change the map in a way Tom DeLay could never have dreamed when he drew them. AZ-03: No surprise here: John Shadegg finds Congress boring. In so many words. "I love this," Shadegg told reporters up in the ...

House Republicans Engaging in a Little Political Theater [cranky-d]
protein wisdom — Politico notes the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the recess as expected, but the Republicans decided to hang around and pontificate to the ether. The C-SPAN cameras have been shut off. I find this sort of thing to be amusing, but wonder how much effect it will have in the long run. It would probably be fairly easy to paint the Republicans as being as much to blame for the oil problem as the Democrats, since the Republicans were in the majority for so long (and I expect this will be one of the main media responses). However, one can never tell with politics. If the ...

RE: The Guerilla Congress
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] I just heard that the House G.O.P. wrapped up their protest session at 5:05 by singing "God Bless America" and left the chamber with the crowd chanting, "USA! USA!" Unbelievable. Also, I there's this little tidbit after the Democrats shut off the microphones, Rep. John Shaedegg ran out to turn them on. In an update to the post I linked to earlier, the Politico ...

"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House, turned off the lights and killed the microphones..."
Althouse — "... but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices.... I'm picturing Nancy Pelosi like Bill O'Reilly, yelling "cut the mike" and "shut up": ...

House Republicans In Revolt Over Energy Bill
Classical Values — ... the speaker's chair of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) wearing a diaper. Republicans note they are being more respectful this time. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), who was on a plane headed home, went back to the Capitol, walking on to the floor dragging his luggage. He got a standing ovation. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) called it a "new Boston Tea Party!" Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) said he was "not leaving until we call this Congress back into session and vote for energy independence." House Dems turn out the lights but GOP keeps talking ...

"Lights? We Don't Need No Freakin' Lights!"
Gates of Vienna — ... Rebellion! Politico has the news and updates as this progresses. Or at least they have the story until the Dems manage to get the police to make the press leave their usual outpost: ...

House Republicans Take Over the House Floor, Despite Nancy Pelosi’s Tantrums
The Sundries Shack — ... go on vacation. Nancy Pelosi, the modern-day Marie Antoinette whose advise to America was summed up by one of her underlings as “Drive small cars and wait for the wind”, tried to shut down the debate before it really got started. When Republicans wanted to keep the debate going instead of going home for three weeks, Pelosi called a panic vote to adjourn the House. When Republicans kept on speaking, she threw a hissy fit. At about 12:30 PM, she shut down the microphones and turned off the C-SPAN cameras so that America ...

BREAKING: PULSE DETECTED IN HOUSE REPUBLICANS
Right Wing Nut House — ... Even though it is a totally useless gesture, it cheered my heart when I read this piece in Politico about how House Republicans are still on the floor 2 hours and counting after the Democrats adjourned for vacation: ...

Live from Washington DC, It's Friday Night!
techPresident — ... issue. We'll point you to some coverage of this on-going situation: Rep. John Culberson is, naturally, both tweeting and Qikking the situation. And several other congresspeople -- including Rep. Mike Pence, Rep. Mike Rogers, Rep. Rob Bishop -- have jumped on Culberson's account to tweet their own messages. Follow along with the hashtag #dontgo. Press coverage: guardian.co.uk, WaPo Capitol Briefing, Fox News, and Politico. DC doesn't quite seem to know what to make of this ...

GOP 'Uprising' a 'Historic Event'?
Little Green Footballs — ... You’ve probably heard about the GOP’s “uprising” in the House of Representatives this afternoon; here’s an account at Politico: House Dems turn out the lights but GOP keeps talking. ...

Great Politics Makes For Great Political Theater
California Conservative — ... Ms. Pelosi obviously underestimated the Republicans. It’s equally obvious that Ms. Pelosi attitude’s is that of a dictator. In fact, here’s what the Politico is quoting Rep. Thaddeus McCotter as saying: ...

Are Republicans getting their MoJo back???
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — ... Also, I there's this little tidbit — after the Democrats shut off the microphones, Rep. John Shaedegg ran out to turn them on. In an update to the post I linked to earlier, the Politico reports: ...

House Conservatives Engage In Political Stunt, Demand A Vote On Gas Prices After Obstructing A Vote
Think Progress — ... without doing something to lower gas prices.” Politico reports, “At one point, the lights went off in the House and the microphones were turned off in the chamber, meaning Republicans were talking in the dark.” ...

Whore Of Babylon-By-The-Bay Turns Off Lights, Microphones, Cameras In People's House -- Expels Press
Rhymes With Right — Queen 9% was not amused when Republicans tried to block adjournment and refused to leave the House floor after the Democrats irresponsibly voted for a 5-week paid vacation for themselves but not for an energy bill that would help the American people. pelosipremium.jpg Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House, turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices. Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi's refusal ...

Turn out the lights, the party’s over (or perhaps not)
Crooks and Liars — ... Today is perhaps the single best example in recent history of lawmakers going out of their way to prove that caricature right. John Bresnahan has the story: ...

Well, This Had To Be Embarrassing
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — I guess episodes like this one can only help Republicans be the trusted party when it comes to dealing with higher gas prices. I frankly can't recall a time when any House majority was made to look so unbelievably bad by the minority. The House Republican leadership showed a lot of quick thinking to not only paint the Democrats in a corner public relations-wise, but to help set the stage for Republicans to be the party trusted by voters to deal with high gas prices. Impressively done. And in the Internet age, this story is going to go viral very, very quickly. Nancy ...

Being A Chronicle Of The Sad Decline Of Confederate Yankee
Sadly, No! — ... Bonus Yankee: Update: Republican revolt in “Pelosi’s Politburo.” Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats fled the House of Representatives, turning off the microphones and the lights as Republicans continued to debate energy policy without them. We now flee the blogosphere, turning off the blogs and the wi-fi (i.e., adjourn for the evening as ding-dong usual, just like every doo-dah day) as Mr. Yankee continues to fulminate and catapult peas from his spoon without us. Remark pre-loaded for end of post: ...

Come crawling faster, Obey your master, Your life burns faster, Obey your master
SteveAudio — The Republican clowns in Congress held a little circus today, so they could dance for their puppet masters: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House, turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices. Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi's refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They ...

The Grasshopper and the Ant
Crooks and Liars — ... And now that the long-awaited winter has finally come and we’re all suffering under the weight of sky-high oil prices, what is the Republican response? They seize upon an imaginary quick fix–off-shore oil drilling–and they all rally around it, accusing their opponents of being the obstacle to lower gas prices. They preen and pose, convening ...

Rock the House: What should Republicans do now?
Michelle Malkin — ... .” Leave it to Beltway snob journalists to call House Republicans who refuse to take vacations while the public’s business goes unfinished “bizarre.” One of my favorite moments from Friday’s revolt: Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) just pretended to be a Democrat. He stood on the other side of the chamber and listed all of the GOP bills that the Dems killed. He then said, “I am a Democrat, and here is my energy plan” and he held up a picture of an old VW Bug with a sail attached to it. He paraded around the House floor with the sign while the crowd cheered. The sign via ...

House conservatives plan another political stunt tomorrow.
Think Progress — ... on the floor tomorrow, staging a fake session on gas prices. Congress adjourned last week, but some conservatives remained behind to clamor in the dark chamber for a vote on ...

House Republicans revolt!
Wizbang — ... around my various contacts, asking them what's been going on in the world. I hate being in the dark, so to speak, and hate to think that I'm missing a huge news story. Well, I missed something all right. I only missed the best thing to happen to the House of Representatives since the Democrats took over! House Republicans revolted on Friday to protest when the Democrats adjourning for a five-week vacation without doing anything about the energy crisis. Pioneer Pelosi responded by having the lights, mics, and CSPAN cameras turned off . But Republicans wouldn't be deterred. ...

Democrat Energy Plan
Moonbattery — ... Democrats have an energy plan after all. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) revealed it Friday during the Congressional revolt, during which Republican reps stayed behind in an attempt to do something about the energy crisis even after Nancy Pelosi, who had blocked voting on off-shore drilling, turned off the lights so that Dems could run off to their vacations: ...

Democrats Try To Literally Shut Off The Lights On Domestic Drilling Debate
Say Anything — ... Because Nancy Pelosi’s “most ethical Congress ever” isn’t interested in debating this particular issue. ...

Pelosi's Opposition to Drilling Explained
Moonbattery — ... Why on earth would Nancy Pelosi go to such extremes as turning the lights off on her fellow Reps to prevent even voting on the possibility of allowing off-shore drilling? Does she want energy prices to keep climbing, and the economy to tank? In a word: yes. ...

Today on Doing Time - Monday August 4th 2008
The Latest on Air America — ... . Democrats are going on vacation. So the result is a bunch of Republicans hemming and hawing in the dark in Washington in a PR field day. What if Democrats had whined as diligently about ending the war two years ago? Would that have worked? Will Nancy Pelosi stand firm and prevent oil drilling in ANWR? Will it hurt democrats in November? Barack Obama’s response to all the political grandstanding is to ...

Obstructionist Conservatives Brand Pelosi As ‘Dictator’
Wonk Room — ... for its traditional August summer district work period — branding it a “five-week vacation” — instead of letting them dictate the agenda. They wish to pass their drilling-centric energy bill, after having blocked numerous other pieces of energy legislation in June and July. Their strategy is to brand Pelosi as a dictator, with pro-drilling conservatives representing the will of “average American people”: – Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI): “This is the people’s House. This is not Pelosi’s politiburo.” ...

Seven States That Will Decide the Election
Pajamas Media — ... has recent reasons to be optimistic. He notes: Many voters are starting to pay attention and are startled by what they’re finding. Putting Nancy Pelosi in charge of the U.S. House was supposed to bring ‘hope’ and ‘change,’ but Americans are not seeing it. McCain believes we need to employ a number of strategies to combat high energy prices … and will not exclude any idea from the debate if it holds the promise of contributing to the solution. Nancy Pelosi and other Democrat leaders will not even allow the issue of drilling to come up for a vote . That reeks of partisan ...

Is it Chicagoland Politics or Creatures From the Third World Lagoon?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Later that summer, when Republicans took to the floor of the House of Representatives to demand a vote on off shore drilling, what did the Democrats do? They turned off the power, locked the doors, and dared the GOP to do anything. But the GOP stayed and resisted. The GOP scored big points. ...

Morning Briefing for June 12, 2009
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Later that summer, when Republicans took to the floor of the House of Representatives to demand a vote on off shore drilling, what did the Democrats do? They turned off the power, locked the doors, and dared the GOP to do anything. But the GOP stayed and resisted. The GOP scored big points. ...

House Republicans: Iranian Bloggers Are Just Like Us, We’re Both An ‘Oppressed Minority’
Think Progress — ... the great personal risk many Iranians are taking by continuing to blog, Twitter, and protest. The Iranian National Guard told bloggers to take down any material that might “create tension,” or face legal action. One Iranian provincial prosecutor warned that the “few elements” behind the protests “could face the death penalty under Islamic law.” The worst Hoekstra and Culberson faced during their so-called Twitter revolution? Inadequate lighting.

America and Venezuela More Alike Then Folks Want To Admit
JammieWearingFool — ... and executive branch struck me as more then a little bit ironic. The Dems are managing to make us into a third world country that will soon be the envy of the Organization of (Socialist) American States. They were also angered when the Assembly President, Cilia Flores, accused them of obstructing the debate and ordered their microphones to be shut off. “We decided to withdraw because they did not accept our proposals or recommendations,” said Juan Jose Molina of the Podemos party. Do you remember this from last August when the Nancy Pelosi led congress adjourned so that she ...