A couple of days ago, Politico.comreported that while Nancy Pelosi was not going to allow a vote on expanding drilling, she was giving dispensation to her followers to campaign on expanded drilling…of course knowing that it would never happen:
But what looks like intraparty tension on the surface is part of an intentional strategy in which Pelosi takes the heat on energy policy, while behind the scenes she’s encouraging vulnerable Democrats to express their independence if it helps them politically, according to Democratic aides on and off Capitol Hill.
So I’m wondering…how to ferret out the truly converted from the convieniently converted? Simple!
If a Representative Dummycrat claims they are converted on drilling ask them if they’ve signed on to the discharge petition.
A discharge petition allows legislation to bypass committees, in essence bypassing Nancy’s stonewalling, and move directly to a floor vote. A discharge petition only needs a simple majority of Representatives signing on to enact it.
The last time I looked, most if not all of the Republicans had signed on but few if any Democrats had. If all of the Republicans sign up we would only need 17 Democrats to sign on to get a vote on drilling. I’ll be generous and say there are a few ultra RINOS so maybe we need 25 Democrats. Seems like a whole lot more than that number have been chatting up their support of drilling while back home on their recess.
I like to call this “Russian Roulette, Pelosi style.” If a Democrat wants us to believe they now support drilling, they sign the discharge petition. They only get one try. If they don’t sign, there’s no truth in their statement.
How many do you think will “pull the trigger?”
