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August 1, 2008

Rep. Culberson Twittering from Darkened House Floor

@ 3:23 pm by Chris Good

Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) is broadcasting text and video updates to the web of House Republicans' efforts–launched from a a darkened House chamber–to continue the debate over comprehensive energy legislation.

Republican leaders stayed in the House chamber today after a resolution passed at approximately 11:30 a.m. adjourning the House for the August recess. They continued to blast Democratic leadership for not scheduling a vote on allowing offshore drilling, remaining on the floor even after the lights, microphones, and C-Span cameras were cut.

Since Republicans refused to adjourn Friday, Culberson has been posting sentence-long updates to his Twitter page more or less constantly.

One entry, dated at approximately noon on Friday, encourages readers to “retweet these messages –these are the only words being broadcast from the House floor today."

Culberson’s Twitter page also includes summaries of members’ floor speeches, along with posts directly attributed to other House GOP members, including Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) and House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.).

Culberson is also broadcasting video updates from the House from his cell phone, via the video sharing site Qik. House rules prevent him from broadcasting live, but thus far he has posted comments from three GOP colleagues—Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), and Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)—blasting leading Democrats for not scheduling a vote to allow offshore drilling.

"Just give us a vote," Carter pleads in his video clip. "If all [Democrats] feel so strongly that this shouldn’t pass, then they will vote against it. But those aren’t the facts. Many of our Democratic colleagues want a chance to vote for us to drill here, and drill now."

Hensarling added: "[Democrats] don’t understand in their salons in San Francisco that people are hurting."

See Culberson's Qik channel below:

-Joey Michalakes

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