This has nothing to do with energy or the need for
oil. It is based on how many votes will I lose if I vote for it. Pelosi is only interested in keeping her job as speaker of the House. Just another propaganda bit to make the people think they tried and couldn't because of the environmental groups INMHO.
Maybe they need to send the group of Hells Angles that attended that funeral in the Bay Area to Washington to speak with the environmental groups.
Ron