“The current Congress, led on the House side by a speaker who promised a ‘common sense plan’
to cut energy prices two years ago, has shown itself to be incompetent and irresponsible.” (Investor’s Business Daily, editorial, 4/29/08)

Promises Made

More Promises Broken

$2.33 (Average price of regular unleaded gasoline per gallon, 1/4/07; Source: AAA.) Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): “Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices…”(Release, 4/24/06) Speaker Pelosi: “Democrats have a plan to lower gas prices …” (Release, 4/18/06)

$3.62 (Average price of regular unleaded gasoline per gallon, 4/30/08; Source: AAA.) “Lots of angst, little action” (Seattle Times, 4/30/08) “Gas Prices Hitting Small Firms” (New York Times, 4/29/08) “Gas prices keep climbing” (Marietta (OH) Times, 4/30/08) “Schools worried about gas prices’ affect on future” (Mt. Vernon (IL) Register-News, 4/30/08) “Gas prices hammer small businesses” (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 4/28/08)

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