Some Democrats Ask Bush for Energy Summit

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON - Fifty-one Democratic lawmakers urged President Bush on Thursday to hold an energy summit to find ways to reduce the country's dependence on oil. The White House showed little interest in such a meeting.

The lawmakers said participants should include representatives "from all facets of life" — from oil companies and automakers to environmentalists, academics and consumer advocates.

"Developing a serious long-term strategy to curb our nation's dangerous dependence on oil is long overdue," the Democrats wrote Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

A White House spokeswoman, Dana Perino, said by e-mail that the president "has focused on addressing the root causes of high energy prices and our dependence on foreign sources of energy." She said the administration is working with Congress to expand the availability of alternative fuels.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/democrats_energy

[Jim Sagle]

1. I guess that's their way of trying to bail him out.

Most DC Dems are Republicans, and this is just more evidence.