Pelosi: Gore Not In D.C. Because It Wasn't "Energy Efficient"

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she's seeing "a great narrowing of the undecided" in favor of the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill this week. Not enough, however, to let former vice president Al Gore waste any time away from his phone.

Gore was expected at the Capitol today to share a podium with Pelosi and meet with key representatives, but apparently there are too many key representatives to leave Gore time for a trip from Tennessee.

"It was a question of what was energy efficient for the vice president," Pelosi said at her weekly press conference.

The speaker got an unintended assist Wednesday from House Republicans, who attempted to stall business in the House with a long series of procedural votes. The constant roll calls gave Democratic leaders lots of chances to reach out to members directly, circumventing the typical communication through a series of staff intermediaries. A Pelosi aide said Democratic leaders peeled off five to ten representatives from fossil fuel-heavy states on both sides of the aisle Wednesday night.

"You never know until you take the vote, but we are making progress," Pelosi said.

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[RomeoMD25]

There has been no warming since 1998, temperatures are falling everywhere and the solar cycles say we are heading into another ice age. Why do these people keep beating this dead horse? Money and power. It’s a perfect way to control the citizens and people like Al Gore, who has at least two carbon credit selling businesses, can continue to commit fraud for profit.

[e4phil]

Owl Gore is the biggest scam artist ever.. Al Gore has made 100 million$ in the last 9 years off his "global warming"! or is it climate change?.. I don't believe a word that comes out of his mouth and i know democrats are 100% sold that we humans are responsible for climate change. TO bad we only have 50 years of data to even make that claim, also to bad that earth's climate has changed since earths inception billions of years ago. Who caused that climate change? I support a clean environment, what i dont support are politicans using "climate change" as a means to an end. The end is getting your $$ and changing your habits to fit their social model.. Climate change is the Democrats "war on terror" overblown and used to keep you pacified as they fawk you over.. wake up latte drinkers.. i actually support cap and trade, but not because i think the polar ice caps are melting because of my carbon footprint!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!! WAKE UP LEFTIES

[eleanorhawking]

Don't worry - he has a limo running somewhere with the A.C. cranked to keep him cool, and a nice big spread with a heated pool in case the temps drop below 90 degrees.

[HC4BO]

I LOVE Pelosi ...

Woman got testicul@r fortitude missing in most men ( like Harry Reid ) ...

[whocan]

This is just Hilarious ,,,, Side by side on this page we have the two Democrat candidates that lost to Pres Bush ... and the best part is both articles illustrate why these two whackjobs lost

[DaleR]

Yes .. crazy liberals who believe in like science and facts and stuff. Instead they should be prayin to thank the god lord for a cristian-tastic first 6,000 years of earth.

[Agentlady007]

Whatever. We all need to help Al Gore and ourselves with the new clean energy bill this Friday.
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You can do this. If not you than who? Time to stop talking and start acting. The future is depending on YOU! ALL OF YOU!
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[VikingQuest]

LOL, give me a break.

That hasn't stopped him before and didn't stop him this time.

[fumes]

at a guess he has a babe in argentina

[Agentlady007]

No, I'm still in the USA.

[MocksNix]

No, his dog and pony show just doesn't work anymore, and he would have been shown as the fraud he is.

[Trublulu]

In the past, before enlightenment, I worked for a Republican legislator. Oftentimes she could not vote for her own bill because the lobbyists got a hold of many of the other legislators and made the bill unregognizable. Like our president, she was a centerist that had many good ideas, especially in health care. However, her own party continually voted against her. She wound up resigning in disgust over the entire process.
Al Gore is pretty straight. He cares passionately about our environment. I am sure the powerful lobbyists in D.C. have succeeded in gutting the bill to enhance their own greedy interests.
Pray for President Obama. He is trying, but he is like David against Goliath.

[whocan]

Gore knew he might actually have to answer a question or two about his little scam

[Progress08]

Don't forget to check your double-wide for hidden listening devices tonight.

[CessnaDriver]

The listening devices are hidden in his fillings. The tin foil hat blocks the transmissions, but only if it's really, really tight.

[idisVA]

It's probably a watered-down version that's not to his liking

[power1]

The only reason Gore didn't show up in D.C. is because it wasn't wallet efficient.

[Disdain]

Show him the money!