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Democrats Cry Foul Over GOP's Attempts to Tie Fuel Prices to EPA http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1299945173
House Republicans' move to join the two most politically volatile threads in the Washington, D.C., energy debate -- gas prices and U.S. EPA rules -- sparked Democratic charges of deception yesterday and silence so far from the Obama administration. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) amplified the GOP gambit as he laid out a new project, dubbed the American Energy Initiative, calling for more domestic fossil-fuel production, new nuclear power plants and an end to EPA's authority over greenhouse gases. While the Republican message had percolated all week, Boehner's decision to spotlight the anti-EPA bill now sailing through the House Energy and Commerce Committee gave the gas-price charge a far broader platform.
The administration's offshore oil-production policies and regulation of greenhouse gases, Boehner said yesterday, represent a systematic hit to economic growth. "If the White House has its way -- and the EPA imposes a backdoor national energy tax -- gas prices will only go higher," the Ohioan told reporters.
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I decree... that all politicians... abandon their limos and airplanes in lieu of riding bicycles.
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When gas prices go up, people choose alternative transportation such as carpooling, walking, taking the bus and, yeah dude, bicycling. It's better for the planet and for the economy to do that. Spending money on gas just makes the really rich people even more rich.
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