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Blackburn Joins GOP Protest on Energy Legislation
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Brentwood is among two dozen Republican House members who returned to the House floor Monday to push for Democratic leaders to reconvene the House and allow a vote on energy legislation.
The House members spoke without microphones on a partially darkened House floor because the Democrats, who are in the majority, adjourned the House on Friday. House Republicans want a vote on their comprehensive energy proposal, which includes off-shore drilling to increase the supply of oil.
"This is the most pressing issue facing our constituents," Blackburn said as the reason she returned to Washington, D.C., Sunday night to participate in the protest session. Leaders of the effort said it would continue indefinitely.
From The Leaf Chronicle