Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi referenced this famous line from Emerson's "The Concord Hymn" in talking about the energy bill being passed out of the House today. Her idea is that Congress can start a new American Revolution with passage of this legislation. It's called the "Energy Independence and Security Act" and we've talked about it for months here. I, for one, had more or less despaired of our country coming to its senses so that legislation of this magnitude could even be reasonably considered in the halls of Congress. We are not far from passage of this legislation into law. The whole world is watching, absolutely.
The final vote today in the House was 235 aye, 181 nay.