H.R.6346 - Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act Sponsor: Bart Stupak / 110th Congress

Title
110th Congress - To protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, and for other purposes.
Summary
To protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
Status
The bill was voted on in the House on June 24, 2008

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The Energy Fiasco continues by Peter Volberding, Jun 27, 2008 (11:15pm)

Whether or not speculation is to blame for the rapid increase in oil prices, one thing remains certain—the prices are high, and they don’t seem to be going anywhere. Both Republicans and Democrats have proposed their own pieces of legislation to no avail, since nothing has made it off the hill. So, is this piece any different? Not really, but there are two interesting points.
First of all, there are very few vocal supporters of this measure. And there is some merit, principally because it is not certain whether or not this legislation would actually change the price of oil. In fact, it is probably not the best scheme ever devised to deal with energy costs. So to those voted for it, not too helpful, but points for at least trying.
Second, the vocal opposition is also noteworthy. They are the bastions of conservative ideology—fiscal responsibility groups, oil & gas, and manufacturing. And their campaign donations reflect that as well, since the vote fell largely along party lines. This influence of money cannot be denied—it’s clearly there, and preventing any real reforms of our system.

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