Quote Originally Posted by daihashi
Miracles work over time, not over night.
With skyrocketing gas prices, it is clear that the American people can no longer afford the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress and its failure to stand up to Republican big oil and gas company cronies. Americans this week are paying $2.91 a gallon on average for regular gasoline ?? 33 cents higher than last month, and double the price than when President Bush first came to office.

??With record gas prices, record CEO pay packages, and record oil company profits, Speaker Hastert and the Majority Congress continue to give the American people empty rhetoric rather than join Democrats who are working to lower gas prices now.

??Democrats have a commonsense 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.?
Press Release :: Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, California, 8th District

With Democrats controlling Congress in 1980, Jimmy Carter got the windfall profits tax passed and as if on cue, oil production -- fell. To the tune of 1.6 billion fewer barrels. America's dependence on foreign oil rose.
Babalu Blog: Obama - Heir to Jimmy Carter

I guess Pelosi didn't agree with ya back in "06". I think she still feels that a higher tax would do the trick today....not like it worked in the Carter years but what the hell.

Have a good one!:s4:
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . Bush to Congress: Embrace energy exploration now With gasoline topping $4 a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needs to increase its energy production. Democrats quickly rejected the idea. "There is no excuse for delay," the president said in a statement in the Rose Garden. With the presidential election just months away, Bush made a pointed attack on Democrats, accusing them of obstructing his energy proposals and blaming them for Rating: 5