Time Magazine: In the dimly lit chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives some 25 Republican members took the floor Monday talking only to a peanut gallery of journalists and hordes of tourists they’d invited to fill their absent Democratic colleagues’ seats. Their message was none too subtle – Congress has done nothing to address soaring gas prices, and the people’s representatives shouldn’t be starting their August recess until they do. One member even drove his minivan, family included, all …