Senate Republicans have been doing all that is possible to have Congress duplicate President Bush’s abolishing the ‘No Offshore Drilling Ban.” The Democrats answer is to seek an increase on Gasoline and diesel prices!

Harry ‘Hands Up’ Reid and Nancy Pelosi have been stonewalling every effort to allow America to obtain more oil domestically and gain independence from foreign oil. They have uitized every arguement supplied them by the Environmental Lobby however questionable in nature.

The following is an excerpt obtained from FOX NEWS:

“Senate Democrats in May tried to add $5 billion to an aviation overhaul bill to replenish the highway trust fund next year; Republicans objected. Democrats tried again in June, but this time for $8 billion; Republicans objected to that, too.

Congress should first reduce spending on pet projects, known as earmarks, argued Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. “I’m not going to let the Senate spend all this money when nobody is looking, especially when we refuse to stop wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on earmarks.”

Oberstar, D-Minn., said his committee is working on the next long-term highway bill. He estimated it will take between $450 billion and $500 billion over six years to address safety and congestion issues with highways, bridges and transit systems.

“We’ll put all things on the table,” Oberstar said, but the gas tax “is the cornerstone. Nothing else will work without the underpinning of the higher user fee gas tax.”

At the very least, the gas tax should be indexed to construction cost inflation, DeFazio said.

Among other revenue-raising possibilities, the commission recommended gradually increasing the current federal fuel taxes to 40 cents a gallon.”

Lee ADDS: As you can see the Liberal Democrats have only one concern, that being, ‘How can we justify more taxes?

The answer is, THEY CANNOT!