Congressional Democrats in 2007-2008 Introduced Bills to Block Domestic Oil Production
By Mary Mostert (07/18/08)
The purpose of the 2008 Presidential and Congressional elections is to choose LEADERS for the next 2, 4 or six years. The best way to make your decision on which candidate to vote for is actual knowledge of what their past examples of leadership have been. Listed below are bills introduced in 2007-2008 to prevent, or encourage domestic production of oil and gasoline .
All the bills introduced by Democrats would prevent domestic oil and gasoline production while Republicans tried, without success, to encourage production:
Bill # Purpose Democrat Sponsor
# S 115 To Repeal tax incentives for oil research passed in 2005 Sen. Barack Obama
# HR 586 Repeal oil exploration, development, drilling tax credits Rep. Maurice Hinchey
# S 666 Terminate incentives for oil and gas production Sen. Charles Schumer
# H 1238 To tax oil companies to fund competitors energy sources Rep. Robt. Casey, JR
# S 878 To prevent mergers and acquisitions in the oil&gas industry. Sen. Herb Kohl
# HR 3220 To limit oil use to achieve zero carbon emissions by FY2050 Rep. Nancy Pelosi
# HR 1886 To prevent public financing of oil or gas field development Rep. Maurice Hinchey
# HR 2372 To Impose windfall profit tax on oil companies Rep. Rosa DeLauro
# S 1620 To impose more regulations on oil transportation Sen. Maria Cantwell
# SJ Res 32 Bill to Force Saudi Arabia to produce more oil Sen Charles Schumer
# HR 6057 Prohibits leasing on Outer Continental Shelf Lands Rep. Jay Inslee
# HJ Res 87 To Force Saudi Arabia to produce more oil Rep. Anthony Weiner
# S 3044 Increase taxes on oil companies Sen. Harry Reid
# H 6251 To prohibit new leases for exploration or production of oil Nick Rahall
Bill # Purpose Republican Sponsor
# HR 3089 Terminates laws prohibiting offshore & shale oil production Rep. Max Thornberry
# HR 555 Limits the discriminatory taxation of oil pipeline property Rep. Tom Price
# S 2958 Promotes Energy Security w/ offshore, shale, ANWAR Sen. Pete Dominici
# HR 6009 Would bring new sources of domestic energy to market Rep. Phil English
# S 3222 To open new oil producing areas for shale, off shore Sen. John Thune
# HR 6211 Returns Constitutional authority to the President for control
of & access to oil shale & tar sands on Federal lands Rep. Chris Cannon
# HR 6384 For greater American energy independence. Rep. Rob Bishop
# HR 6418 To Terminate moratorium on offshore oil and natural gas Rep. Ted Poe
To read these bills go to: http://thomas.loc.gov/ and enter the bill number.
S 3044, a bill introduced by Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), majority leader, to increase taxes on oil companies (which of course would increase the cost of gasoline) has been debated by the Senate, but blocked by Republicans, so it did not pass. Rep. Nick Rahall, (D-WV) introduced a bill to prohibit new leases for exploration or production of oil in the USA but it did not pass. Rep. Max Thornberry (R - TX) bill, introduced HR 3089 in July 2007, to terminate laws that prohibit offshore and oil shale production. A discharge petition to allow it to be debated on the flow now has 154. It is being blocked by the Democrat leadership. All other bills, introduced by both parties, are still in Committees.
It appears that the price and availability of oil and gas, and any other energy methods, nuclear, electrical, coal, wind or solar, depends on who the voters choose in November for Congress and the Presidency.
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