Yes!It’s about time the Republicans played hardball with Reid over this issue!

Senate Republicans have threatened to block nearly all other bills pending before the August recess if Democrats refuse to vote with them on expanding offshore drilling.
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“We think there is nothing more important that we can do right now than to deal with the Number One issue of the country,” McConnell said. “This is the biggest issue since terrorism right after 9/11. People are pounding on their desks, saying, Why don’t these people get together and do something about this problem?”

He’s right, high gas prices are a drag on our economy and our household spending budgets. Nothing impacts us more right now than the high price of oil. We know that we’ll have an immediate drop in prices when they finally vote to end drilling because we saw a $10 drop when Bush lifted the presidential ban on drilling (and yeah, I know that the Bush admin isn’t taking credit and attributes it to a drop in demand, sorry not buying it, the timing of the drop was too closely tied to Bush’s announcement, demand has been dropping since April and there hasn’t been a drop like this). Who knows how low it will go when the Congress finally commits to doing something.