More Hoosier Action From the House Floor Today

House Republicans have been going strong all week long continuing to poor on the pressure to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to bring back congress and allow an up or down vote on drilling.

Today, Hoosier Congressmen, Mike Pence and Dan Burton, are front and center in the call to allow a vote. Congressman Burton was on the floor a few moments ago and had this to say:

“We have probably 50 Democrats who will vote with the Republicans to pass energy legislation. Nancy Pelosi is the only person who won’t allow it to come to a vote. That’s just wrong.” “We could stop $700 billion from going over seas to hostile nations and tin horn dictators and we could add 100,000 energy jobs if we pass an energy bill and gain our energy independence.”

While Congressman Pence summed up the effect a single call from a congressional Democrat to Pelosi could have on the debate:

“One call from a House Democrat member to Pelosi would be worth 1,000 calls from citizens.”

(H/T - House Republican Policy Committee and Robert Bluey’s twitter feed)