The three top leaders of the Democratic Party today – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Barack Obama and now Senator Joe Biden – are among the most liberal members of Congress.

·         Sen. Joe “Biden is in fact one of the most liberal members of the Senate, with the non-partisan National Journal ranking him the third most liberal Senator (behind Barack Obama and Sheldon Whitehouse, and ahead of the self-avowed socialist, Bernie Sanders.)” (Human Events, 8/23/08)

·         Rep. Nancy Pelosi “is a liberal Democrat who has represented her San Francisco district in the House since 1987.” (NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, 2/7/02)

·         Rep. Nancy Pelosi: "[I] pride myself in being called a 'liberal,' so I'm not dodging that word." (San Francisco Chronicle, 6/9/96)

Speaker Pelosi, Senator Obama and Senator Biden have all failed the “all-of-the-above” energy test. All three have long track records of opposing meaningful energy reforms – including increased, environmentally sound exploration for American energy that is widely supported by the American people.

·         Speaker Pelosi is “a zealous opponent of offshore drilling since the 1980s.” (National Review, 7/30/08)

·         “Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., promptly condemned [the lifting of the Presidential moratorium of deep ocean exploration] as an eleventh-hour ‘rape’ of ocean resources by oil interests....” (The News Journal (DE), 7/15/08)

·         Sen. Biden voted against allowing Virginia to explore for American energy off its shores. (Senate Vote #212, 6/14/07).

·         Sen. Biden opposes expanding environmentally safe exploration on the Arctic coastal plain and voted against increased exploration in the 10-02 area on Alaska’s North Slope. (Senate Vote #52, 3/16/05)

·         Sen. Biden opposes using clean coal or coal-to-liquid technology to make America more energy independent: “I don't think there's much of a role for clean coal in energy independence … I don't think [coal-to-liquids is] the way to go in the U.S….” (Grist.com, “An interview with Joe Biden about energy and the environment,” 8/29/07)

·         Sen. Biden opposes expanded, emission-free nuclear power, even though France relies on nuclear for 80 percent of its electricity needs: “I would not invest in [growing our nuclear-power capacity in its current form]…” (Grist.com, “An interview with Joe Biden about energy and the environment,” 8/29/07)

·         “On the key domestic issues of the day, Biden’s positions are uniformly liberal: On energy, he wants to ‘prohibit price gouging, roll back market speculation, and take on OPEC’ … he opposes increasing offshore drilling and almost any other development of domestic gas and oil resources.” (Human Events, 8/23/08)

·         “[L]ikely Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama is a critic of opening more offshore territory to drilling.” (Wall Street Journal, 7/15/08)

·         Sen. Obama opposes expanding environmentally safe exploration on the Arctic coastal plain and voted against increased exploration in the 10-02 area on Alaska’s North slope. (Senate Vote #52, 3/16/05)

House Republicans have transformed the energy debate by forcing both Sen. Obama and Speaker Pelosi to soften their opposition to increased domestic energy production. Speaker Pelosi’s recent comments on “Larry King Live” that “we can have a vote on” some form of expanded energy production came a little more than a week after Sen. Barack Obama reversed his opposition to additional offshore drilling by saying that he would be willing to consider it as part of compromise energy legislation. (AP, 8/2/08)

·         From an editorial in the latest issue of The New Republic: “Then there is the Republican domination of the energy debate in the presidential contest. …Barack Obama felt obliged to temper his long-standing opposition to drilling. On one of his stronger issues, Obama was suddenly on the defensive.”

Meanwhile, House Republicans are continuing our unprecedented, coast-to-coast protest of the Do-Nothing Democratic Congress. Speaker Pelosi has adjourned the House for five weeks while refusing to hold an up-or-down vote on American-made energy production, not to mention the American Energy Act. By overwhelming majorities, the American people support House Republicans’ “all-of-the-above” energy solutions – more American-made energy, improved energy efficiency and greater reliance on alternative and renewable energy technologies. Republicans are protesting the Speaker’s irresponsible decision coast-to-coast, from the darkened floor of the House to town hall meetings, gas stations and kitchen tables across America. The only thing standing in the way of more American-made energy is the Democratic leadership in Washington.

·         Editorials Weigh In: "Republicans on the Job" While "Dems Pumping Hypocrisy": "We urge Republicans to keep up the good fight on behalf of all Americans. Polls have consistently indicated that Americans - Republicans and Democrats alike - want homegrown solutions to the energy problem.” … “Both parties should be back in Washington, D.C., brainstorming how to move forward to solve the long--term problem of energy dependency.” … “Mr. Obama and Democrats such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi can't just say no and have that pass for an energy policy.” (Read more here)

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