youtube.com - 8/2/2008
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Here's the first video taken from a phone and just on FOX News.
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Republican demand debate on drilling
Wizbang —
And they are denied. But the story is far from over. John Culberson explains . After Nancy Pelosi ordered the lights turned off the cameras stopped rolling. From what I gather, C-SPAN is contractually obligated to always have a camera running whenever there's somebody on the floor of Congress. When the lights go out, they can't record. So, if you want to stop the cameras, turn off the lights. ADDED: See bottom of post for further detail from C-SPAN. That's why she did what she did. To stifle the debate. After all the talk of a more open government, we're seeing Gestapo tactics. Too bad (for her) this isn't Nazi Germany. The revolution is, in fact, going to be ...
A Missed Video Opportunity
The Next Right —
Good points. Then again, we're Republicans, so we obey the rules. But did we do so to a fault in this case? -Patrick
Much ado has been made about the House Republican protest against Democrats for adjourning without a vote on energy policy, and with good reason. It is both a politically momeentous occasion and a technological one.
But thus far, this public relations battle has been a missed video opportunity for the GOP. Someone needs to be capturing this event on film for posterity.
Yes, there are good reasons why that hasn't happened. In a display of cowardice designed to save her party from embarrassment, House Speaker ...
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House Dems turn out the lights but GOP keeps talking
politico.com 8/1/2008 — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the light and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices.
Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders ...
Dems turn out the lights but GOP won't go home Part II
politico.com 8/1/2008 — Here are the latest updates on the continuing GOP protest on the House floor:
The House adjourned about three hours ago, but GOP lawmakers, outraged that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats went home for five weeks without ...
House Republicans go back on the floor Monday to talk gas prices
politico.com 8/3/2008 — Continuing with their guerilla tactics from last week, House Republicans will be back on the floor Monday to talk gas prices, even though Congress is in recess, and they may stay there all week.
More than a dozen Republicans have already committed ...
Looking back on the House GOP sit-in
redstate.com 8/4/2008 — The majority can prevent solutions from being voted on -- but
they can't prevent the American people from hearing about it
(however hard they might try)
When the Democrats canceled yesterday's scheduled debate on
solutions to the energy crisis, ...
Instapundit.com -
pajamasmedia.com 8/1/2008 — August 01, 2008 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) ...
The Hill's Blog Briefing Room » Stevens Won't Attend GOP Convention
briefingroom.thehill.com 8/5/2008 — KEY BLOGS What they are saying today Hot Air House Republicans’ protests from the House floor aren’t significant because of their political gamesmanship or even the energy issues, but rather because GOP lawmakers are reaching out to the conservative ...
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