Another day in Congress and Democrat leaders are desperately fighting to block votes that would provide relief at the gas pump for average Americans.
Democrat Majority Leader Reid and Democrat Speaker of the House Pelosi know they would lose to the Republican-led drive to bring relief to consumers and are trying to run out the clock until Congress departs for its summer vacation.
These shameful tactis are being used to prevent a defeat for Obama, who has said he wants to keep these prohibitions in place for their special interest groups. That Americans are sending hundreds of billions of dollars to hostile and unstable regimes and are paying $4 a gallon for gas doesn't seem to bother these three.
President Bush and John McCain are both demanding action from the Democratic Congress, but to no avail because of the Pelosi-Obama-Reid tactics and their control of Congress.
The upward pressure on oil prices is caused by rising world-wide consumption and limited growth in supplies. Yet at least 65% of America's undiscovered, recoverable oil, and 40% of its natural gas, is hostage to the Congressional drilling moratorium.The Democratic leadership is trying to smother any awareness of their responsibility for high prices.
