Where was John McCain when Senator Dorgan proposed an excess profits tax if oil went over $40 a barrel!!!
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DORGAN CALLS FOR MORE DRILLING, LESS OIL SPECULATION, AND 'MOON SHOT' FOR RENEWABLES
Senator outlines plan to bring down sky-high oil prices that hurt economy, American consumers
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 -
http://dorgan.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=301808(BISMARCK, N.D.) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, a senior member of the Senate Energy Committee, said Tuesday he is pushing Congress to take four immediate steps to bring down oil and gas prices and move our country in a new direction to make us less dependent on foreign oil in the future.
The four steps in Dorgan’s plan to put immediate downward pressure on gas prices and move toward energy independence are:
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