Pelosi Tries To Pass The Buck
San fran Nan is now trying to shift the blame for high gas prices to Pres Bush and VP Cheney
Despite the fact Dems promised in 2006 to lower gas prices, and have done nothing to increase the domestic supply of oil
A new CNN poll should cause San Fran Nan to reconsider her tree hugger position
'Two oil men' to blame for high gas prices, Pelosi says
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday blamed the "two oil men in the White House," President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and their Republican allies in Congress for gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, said multiple initiatives intended to lower high energy costs have passed the Democratically controlled House only to "run into a brick wall" in the Senate because they did not receive the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican filibusters.
"The price of oil is... is attributed to two oil men in the White House and their protectors in the United States Senate," Pelosi said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
Pelosi said she would continue to oppose two policy changes that President Bush and congressional Republicans have been advocating: lifting the ban on offshore drilling and opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration. Watch Pelosi argue against more drilling »
Pelosi said she had no plans to allow votes to lift a ban on offshore drilling despite widespread support for the move. A recent CNN poll conducted by the Opinion Research Corp. found that 72 percent of those polled supported more offshore drilling. About a quarter -- 27 percent -- backed Pelosi's position. The poll, conducted June 26-29, has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3 percentage points.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/...l/#cnnSTCVideo
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