{"id":1413743,"date":"2022-03-31T18:44:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1413743"},"modified":"2022-03-31T18:45:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:45:01","slug":"house-democrats-block-consideration-for-american-energy-independence-from-russia-act-for-the-fourth-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-block-consideration-for-american-energy-independence-from-russia-act-for-the-fourth-time\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Block Consideration for American Energy Independence from Russia Act for the Fourth Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-democrats-block-consideration-for-american-energy-independence-from-russia-act-for-the-fourth-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1413743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">House Democrats blocked a motion by the Republicans on Thursday to consider a bill for the fourth time that\u00a0would have allowed the United States to be energy independent from Russia as they recently invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans offered a motion to block the previous question on the House floor. If\u00a0the previous question was blocked, the House could consider Republican-led H.R. 6858, the American Energy Independence from Russia Act, to support American energy production across the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, Democrats blocked the motion in support of the bill on the same day that President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/31\/drill-baby-drill-joe-biden-urges-oil-companies-produce-more-oil-and-double-down-clean-energy\/\">urged<\/a> American oil companies to start producing more oil and threatened them with publishment if they did not\u00a0respond. If the bill passed, it would\u00a0have provided a solution Biden is looking for\u00a0by\u00a0supporting\u00a0the\u00a0production of American energy across the country and helping\u00a0lower the rising cost of gas.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday,\u00a0the bill was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?519064-3\/house-session&#038;event=519064&#038;playEvent&#038;vod&#038;start=3083\">offered<\/a>\u00a0by Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/17\/house-democrats-blocked-consideration-for-american-energy-independence-from-russia-act-again\/\">offered up the bill earlier in the month<\/a> as well. However, it was shot down \u2014 for the fourth time \u2014 as 218 Democrats in the House voted against the motion, and four did not vote.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which was initially\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/mcmorris.house.gov\/posts\/mcmorris-rodgers-and-westerman-introduce-the-american-energy-independence-from-russia-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">introduced<\/a> by Reps.\u00a0Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Bruce Westerman (R-AR) to promote American energy independence at the end of February. The bill would have:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Immediately approved the Keystone XL pipeline.<\/li>\n<li>Removed all restrictions on liquified natural gas (LNG) exports<\/li>\n<li>Restarted oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters \u2014 which Biden\u2019s\u00a0administration\u00a0halted.<\/li>\n<li>Protected American energy and mineral development from attacks by the administration.<\/li>\n<li>Require the\u00a0administration\u00a0to submit an energy security plan within 30 days and requires Biden\u2019s energy\u00a0secretary\u00a0to develop a plan to replace oil drawn down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gopleader\/status\/1497298971391401986?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">called<\/a> for the U.S. to \u201creplace Russian energy with American energy independence &#038; accelerating energy exports to our allies\u201d to show strength to deter\u00a0adversaries in the past, Biden is instead looked to\u00a0countries such as <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2022\/03\/09\/u-s-shouldnt-rely-on-venezuela-iran-to-replace-russian-oil-says-rep-kevin-mccarthy.html?__source=sharebar%7Ctwitter&#038;par=sharebar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Venezuela and even possibly Iran<\/a> for oil, until he finally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/31\/drill-baby-drill-joe-biden-urges-oil-companies-produce-more-oil-and-double-down-clean-energy\/\">reversed<\/a> course on Thursday by\u00a0urging oil companies to start producing and accusing them of\u00a0\u201choarding\u201d federal oil leases.<\/p>\n<p>Several House Republicans <a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RulesReps\/status\/1509594267370639361?s=20&#038;t=yUNhNKjKNMREWcDROgrW1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spoke on the House Floor<\/a> in support of this resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Putin continues to wage war on Ukraine, exposing our dependence on Russian energy. Biden continues to wage war on our domestic oil and gas industry that provides sustainable, reliable energy to the American people,\u201d\u00a0Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) said on the House floor.\u00a0\u201cThis week, Biden doubled down his attack by releasing a budget that includes an astonishing $45 billion in tax hikes on American energy producers.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FLOOR ALERT: As gas prices soar, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> is looking to any action but the right one. The solution is NOT new taxes on U.S. energy. It\u2019s NOT tapping our emergency reserve. It\u2019s more AMERICAN-made energy! Sadly, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseDemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HouseDemocrats<\/a> refused <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HouseGOP<\/a> requests to unleash our production! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bLqII0Dw7M\">pic.twitter.com\/bLqII0Dw7M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Rules Republicans (@RulesReps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RulesReps\/status\/1509594267370639361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn his budget, President Biden has chosen to put solar panels ahead of natural gas. He has chosen to put windmills ahead of coal. He has chosen the Green New Deal ahead of Pennsylvanians,\u201d\u00a0Rep. John Joyce added, slamming Biden\u2019s poor decision-making. \u201cNow the president has decided to ridiculously release oil from our Strategic [Petroleum] Reserves without a concrete plan to refill them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats blocked a motion by the Republicans on Thursday to consider a bill for the fourth time that\u00a0would have allowed the United States to be energy independent from Russia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1413743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1413743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1413743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1413743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1413743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}