Soaring Gas Prices -- a Surge the Democrats Favor

Oil is over $130 a barrel and climbing. It is adding to the cost of food and everything else we need, fueling inflation, and driving the dollar down in international trade. And we are at the mercy of Venezula, Iran and other bad actors, as well as Nigeria and other unstable places, due to our huge need for imported oil.

So what has congress done?

ANWR Exploration

-- House Republicans: 91% Supported
-- House Democrats: 86% Opposed

Coal-to-Liquid

-- House Republicans: 97% Supported
-- House Democrats: 78% Opposed

Oil Shale Exploration

-- House Republicans: 90% Supported
-- House Democrats: 86% Opposed

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration

-- House Republicans: 81% Supported
-- House Democrats: 83% Opposed

(And the Democrats do this as Cuba and China drill for oil barely 50 miles off our shores in South Florida)

Increasing Refinery Capacity

-- House Republicans: 97% Supported
-- House Democrats: 96% Opposed

SUMMARY

91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of domestic oil and gas.

86% of House Democrats have historically voted against increasing the production of domestic oil and gas.

Over the past 30 years:

-- Democrats have blocked the development of new sources of petroleum.

-- Democrats have blocked drilling in ANWR.

-- Democrats have blocked drilling off the coast of Florida.

-- Democrats have blocked drilling off of the east coast.

-- Democrats have blocked drilling off of the west coast.

-- Democrats have blocked drilling off the Alaskan coast.

-- Democrats have blocked building new oil refineries and expanding existing ones.

-- Democrats have blocked clean nuclear energy production.

-- Democrats have blocked clean coal production.

-- Democrats believe taxing and suing oil companies somehow will bring down gas prices although such measures obviously will not produce any additional oil.

The Democrats have sold out to radical environmentalists, and in doing so have set in place the conditions that can bring ruin to this nation.

Wonder why your groceries cost more? Why you are paying $4 and soon $5 a gallon for gasoline? Wonder why your power bill is going up?

*Put the blame where it belongs: the Democrats who favor only sources of energy that do not actually exist.

When will people wake up?