Forty-four Republican Senators support S. 3202, the Gas Price Reduction Act, to find more American energy and use less. The bill's balanced approach is designed to attract bipartisan support. To find more, the bill allows coastal states the option to explore for oil and natural gas offshore and lifts a federal moratorium on oil shale in western states. To use less, the bill provides incentives for plug-in electric cars and trucks so that we no longer need to use as much gasoline to pow...
The Senate will convene at 10 a.m. and resume consideration of H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. There will be no roll call votes today to allow senators to attend the funeral of Jesse Helms. In addition, Senate Republicans will continue to work to put our nation on a path to clean energy independence by finding more American energy and using less.
