pubs deliver bill to benefit profitable oil companies & little for drivers

[dajoki]

NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/08/politics/08energy.html?ex=1129348800&en=80373fd17feb59bf&ei=5053&partner=NYTHEADLINES_HP

In Raucous House Vote, G.O.P. Oil Refinery Bill Squeaks
By CARL HULSE
Published: October 8, 2005

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 - It took more than 40 raucous minutes of pleading and cajoling, bargaining and begging on Friday. But House Republican leaders managed to squeeze through an oil refinery bill in a tumultuous floor vote that severely tested a leadership team rocked by the indictment of Representative Tom DeLay, Republican of Texas.

After teetering on the verge of an embarrassing defeat, desperate party leaders managed to persuade enough of their members to switch positions to win narrow 212-to-210 approval of a measure that its backers said would expedite refinery construction and crack down on price gouging.

"House Republicans have taken the lead in providing America with price stability and a bold plan for this nation's energy future," said Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, who along with Mr. DeLay and other senior lawmakers buttonholed and browbeat resistant Republicans as the clock ticked on the vote.

Democrats attacked the substance of the bill and the process that the Republicans employed to force it through. The Democrats accused the majority of abusing House rules by stretching what should have been a five-minute vote to deliver a bill that Democrats said would benefit profitable oil companies but do little for American drivers

[dajoki]

1. kick

[texpatriot2004]

2. Well as long as the oil companies get their record profits. n/t

[texpatriot2004]

3. Oh who needs the drivers anyway eh. SARCASM ON. nm