Update X5: Rep. Pete Hoekstra updates:

Mike Pence speaking. He’s firing people up. His message. Hill isn’t in revolt, this is democracy at work. We’re looking for solutions.

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Update X4: Rep. John Culberson Tweets:

Message; Call Speaker Pelosi at 202 225 0100. Demand vote on energy legislation. Tweet your friends and call now.

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Update X3: Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mi) came back to the House floor to speak…in shorts. He was leaving but came back to be part of this.

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) was on a plane headed home. He got off, went back to the Capitol, and came back onto the floor with his luggage. Standing ovation.

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), Chairman of the NRCC, said “the dimly lit chamber is a “vision of the future by the Democrat Party – the lights are out, there’s no power, and the air conditioning is gonna go off soon.””

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind) says he isn’t leaving “until we call this Congress back into session and vote for energy independence”.

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Update X2: Rep. Pete Hoekstra Twitters to say that the House is full, the crowd is cheering wildly, but it appears a ” lot of policeman (are) assembling off of (the) floor”. Are Democrats going to use Capitol Hill Police to force Republicans to shut down debate on lowering gas prices? I can see the fall commercials now…

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This is a continuation of the previous thread. Politico just updated:

Republicans are literally hugging each other on the House floor. Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.), not normally known as an distinguished orator, just gave a rousing speech, accusing Democrats of stifling dissent. He referenced President John Quincy Adams, who returned as a House member after being defeated in his bid for re-election as president. Waving his arms and yelling, Manzullo brought the crowd (including a lot of staff shipped in by GOP leaders to fill up the place), and he left the floor to hugs from his colleagues. You don’t see that up here every day.

Update 6 – Rep Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) just pretended to be a Democrat. He stood on the other side  of the chaber and listed all of the GOP bills that the Dems killed.

He then said “I am a Democrat and here is my energy plan” and he held up a picture of an old VW Bug with a sail attached to it. He paraded around he house floor with the sign while the crowd cheered.