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Mike
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 Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:32 am Post subject: April 24, 2006 |
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Nancy Pelosi said: "Democrats have a common-sense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels."
Well, over a year after taking the Senate and the House on Jan. 4, 2007, and promising to lower oil prices, the Democrats have presided over the highest oil price increase in history. Last week, gasoline prices averaged $3.94 per gallon, $1.03 higher than when now-Speaker Pelosi made her politically motivated promise.
Just when were the Democrats planning on implementing their plan? 
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Oldtimer
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4 More Months-- as soon as the Bush/Cheney oil men are out of the White House-- and the 30-40 new Dem Congressmen- and 5-6-7 new Dem Senators move on to Capitol Hill...
Republicans have filibustered 90+ bills in this last Senate alone- essentially bringing it to a halt without allowing it to go to a vote....If they don't want to do nothing- they should get paid nothing...
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House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota released the following statement today regarding the floor vote
on H.R. 6604, the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008:
"With the support of more than 290 Members of Congress, including more than 75 Republicans, H.R. 6604 was well on its way to being
passed over the two-thirds vote requirement, sending a clear signal that transparency and enforcement would return to the
commodities and futures markets. Then Republican leadership demanded that Members change their votes in order to protect President
Bush.
H.R. 6604 is a bipartisan bill that passed the Agriculture Committee by voice vote. It is the product of a comprehensive series of
hearings to examine the issues surrounding futures trading from all sides. And it clearly has enough support to pass this House.
We will continue to pursue meaningful steps to address the conditions that have thrown some futures markets into disorder and hope
that Members will have the courage of their convictions to join us."
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture web site http://agriculture.house.gov has additional information on this and other subjects. |
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aplusmnt
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