The New Direction Congress is working to put us on a path toward energy independence—to strengthen national security, lower energy costs, grow our economy and create new jobs, and begin to reduce global warming. –Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s website (accessed 06/09/2008)
Joanne Herring: Why is Congress saying one thing and doing nothing?
U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson: Well, tradition mostly.
Meanwhile, the Dow plunges 400 points. A barrel of oil is $139. Our unemployment rate saw the biggest one-month jump in decades.
The AAA’s national gas price average has reached $4 a gallon for the first time in history. -CNN Breaking News 06/08/08
Oil has doubled in a year and risen 44 percent since January…
–Reuters 06/08/08
Hey Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Harry Reid, Senator Max Baucus, and Senator Jon Tester: Your New Direction and Energy Independence Plans are working out pretty well, huh?
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