GOP lawmakers attack Democrats' energy plan

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5021767.html

WASHINGTON — House Republicans sent a letter to President Bush today, urging him to veto energy legislation that might come to his desk if that package resembles a pair of bills House Democrats hope to push through Friday.

"The Democrats' energy legislation produces no energy," Republican leaders argued. "It rolls back key reforms ... designed to increase the supply of American made energy. ... And since it will reduce the supply of American energy, the majority's legislation forces us to purchase more energy from overseas, deepening our dependence on unstable nations and the oil they export.

In response to the GOP move, Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said today: ``A Republican party that is running on empty when it comes to solving America's problems can waste their energy fighting a bill that will put us on the road to energy independence or they can work with Democrats to get this critical legislation passed and to the President's desk for his signature.''

The Democrats' proposal aims to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil through a series of measures to conserve energy and boost use of renewable energy sources.

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[rurallib]

1. Oily to bed, Oily to rise, makes a Repub wealthy, wealthy and wealthy.

[Old and In the Way]

2. There is no Party without Big Oil supplying the big bucks.

This Republican Party is bought and paid for.

[dickbearton]

3. The Corrupt Republican Stooges will get theirs...

when the sheeple wake up.