House Democrats pass bill against gas price gouging with no Republican votes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: UPI News

May 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. House on Thursday passed a bill to prevent gasoline price gouging bill without a single Republican vote in favor. The vote was 217-207.

The bill sponsored by Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., and Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., would make it illegal to sell gas at an excessive price during an energy emergency.

"At a time when people in my district and across the country are feeling the pain of high prices at the gas pump, Congress needs to be doing all we can to bring down costs," Schrier said in a statement.

Schrier said the FTC needs to have the power to investigate and crack down when there's evidence of real gouging.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/house-democrats-pass-bill-against-gas-price-gouging-with-no-republican-votes/ar-AAXtYSe

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2022 campaign ads write themselves

[IcyPeas]

1. the republicans just want chaos. /nt

[Evolve Dammit]

9. Totally agree. They want to burn America to the ground and start circa 1880.

[KPN]

15. Yup. Ever since Obama's first Inauguration Day

they have only been about making Dems look ineffective as a first and primary priority, tax cuts for wealthy, and stirring up hate, fear and hysteria. Nothing else. Certainly nothing to benefit people.

[VMA131Marine]

2. They should have included a windfall profits tax

Also, there should be a tax penalty for stock buybacks and a tax credit for real, non-executive wage increases.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. Campaign ads have to do more than write themselves

They need to prance up and down the boulevard in a provocative manner. It does us no good to be right unless we rub the repuQs’ noses in it publicly and splashily.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

21. Exactly!

This is an opportunity to play offense.

Do it Dems!

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Stupid as it is, the Republicans know that whoever is in power gets the blame-- they assume...

everyone will remember high gas prices, but not have any clue why, and it will be easy to blame Biden and Democrats.

Problem is-- they are largely right.

[mucifer]

5. Lets bet the media makes all sorts of excuses or never mentions the bill

[Orrex]

6. Watch for loyal Democrat Manchin to reach across the aisle to his esteemed colleagues

[sakabatou]

7. Who wants to bet all of them are tied to gas companies?

Then again, they do things out of pure spite.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Here is info on the bill and roll call

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7688/text

Roll call vote (includes Democrats who voted Nay) - https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022232?Page=1

Fletcher | Democratic | Texas | Nay
Golden | Democratic | Maine | Nay
Murphy (FL) | Democratic | Florida | Nay
Rice (NY) | Democratic | New York | Nay

[Baitball Blogger]

14. Why would Murphy vote Nay?

Not a progressive?

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Here is her statement

https://murphy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2022

Press Releases
Murphy Statement on the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act

Washington, May 19, 2022 | 1 comments

WASHINGTON—U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 7688, the Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act:

“Like my colleagues, I want to lower the price American families pay at the gas pump. Our constituents are hurting, and we want to make things better for them. But this bill takes the wrong approach. The reason that gas prices are rising is demand exceeds supply, and so the way to bring down prices is to increase supply. If this bill becomes law, it could further reduce supply.

“At best, this bill is a distraction that won’t actually address the problem. At worst, it could make the problem more severe. As economist Larry Summers put it, this legislation ‘can cause and contrive all sorts of shortages.’

“It’s well past time that Congress and the President take concrete action to lower inflation. A good place to start would be to immediately repeal the Trump-era tariffs on a wide range of imported products and to pass a bipartisan version of the China competition bill, which has been pending in Congress for nearly a year and which—if enacted—will help curb inflation and unsnarl supply chains.”

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[ZonkerHarris]

11. Awesome. The ads this cycle should go for the throat with a killer instinct about these votes.

[Lemon Lyman]

12. -

Republicans all want things to be expensive and sh*tty so they can run against it.

[Galraedia]

13. Democrats need to get on social media and spread it like the plague. Hold them accountable!

[The Jungle 1]

16. We need to make this national news.

[mysteryowl]

18. agreed!

[orleans]

19. seems like the media doesn't want to cover this

or any story that shows what ASSHOLES these congressional republicans are

[mysteryowl]

17. clearly the repukes are not on the side of America

[AllaN01Bear]

20. does any one here remember when time after time a d pres warned oil companies not

to take advantige of an illeagel situation. they always seem to " test" a new prez. when tfg came in . he didnt stop it. now they are trying to crush mr biden.

[Samrob]

22. I want to hear this as a talking point on the campaign trail. nt

[BlueIdaho]

23. I'm waiting for the day

The GQP advances a bill to abolish Mother’s Day.

[louis-t]

25. Republicans will be lining up to take credit for it's passage.

Even though not one of them voted for it.

[democratforlife2022]

26. Damn Oil Companies

I cant believe the oil companies continue to gouge us. Their gouging and Putins price hike is busting me.