GOP Refuses To Leave House Floor

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Riley

From The Politico — 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.

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Update: The Capitol Police are now trying to kick reporters out of the press gallery above the floor, meaning we can’t watch the Republicans anymore. But Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) is now in the gallery talking to reporters, so the cops have held off for a minute. Clearly, Democrats don’t want Republicans getting any press for this episode. GOP leaders are trying to find other Republicans to rotate in for Blunt so reporters aren’t kicked out.

Update 2: This message was sent out by Blunt’s office:

“Although this Democrat majority just adjourned for the Democrat 5-week vacation, House Republicans are continuing to fight on the House floor. Although the lights, mics and C-SPAN cameras have been turned off, House Republicans are on the floor speaking to the taxpayers in the gallery who, not surprisingly, agree with Republican energy proposals.

“All Republicans who are in town are encouraged to come to the House floor.”

Word is that they’re looking for a bullhorn and things are getting really crazy.

And with C-SPAN not receiving any feeds from the House floor since the Dems shut the cameras off, Congressman John Culberson (R-TX) is using Twitter to keep people informed.

UPDATE:  Republicans are using a camera phone to broadcast live video using qik.com now.

Could the GOP be getting tech savvy?

Filed under: 2008 Elections, Congress, Energy, National Politics, Republicans

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