In a new video out today, we look back at the time President Obama asked FOX News’ Ed Henry, “just from a political perspective, do you think the president of the United States going into re-election wants gas prices to go up higher?” Gas prices were $3.76 that day. Since then, the president hasn’t done a thing to stop their steady march to nearly $4.
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Vice President Biden wins this week’s #ObamaGap award for claiming America’s “energy policy is the best it’s ever been” -- in response to a question about $4 gas prices. Watch him via Real Clear Politics above.
“Republicans kept the pressure on President Obama over high gas prices today,” USA TODAY reports, with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) using the Weekly Republican Address to challenge the president to seize on common ground and back bipartisan, House-passed energy bills. These "all-of-the-above" energy initiatives remain stalled in the
President Obama’s energy “tour de farce” hit some serious speed bumps yesterday, with Republicans questioning his claim of ‘expediting’ a sliver of the Keystone XL pipeline that doesn’t even require his approval while blocking a 1,179-mile stretch that would bring much-needed jobs and energy
Republicans have promoted an “all of the above” energy plan for years (here’s Speaker Boehner talking “all of the above” four years ago). Our strategy is straightforward: remove government barriers to energy production, stop policies that drive up prices, and help create new American jobs.
At his weekly press briefing today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said President Obama owes the American people an explanation for “personally lobbying” against the Keystone XL pipeline, and the 20,000 new American jobs it would create, and lobbying for sending North American energy to China.
During an interview earlier with the Fox Business Network, Speaker Boehner called out President Obama for saying he supports an ‘all-of-the-above’ energy strategy while “personally lobbying” against the Keystone pipeline, which would help address rising energy costs and create 20,000 American jobs. He also urged the Senate to take action on
“[T]he president says he’s for an ‘all-of-the-above’ energy strategy,” Speaker John Boehner told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren, “But his rhetoric does not match his actions.” Boehner outlined several ways the Obama administration – which rejected the popular Keystone XL project and is now lobbying against it – has blocked energy production as gas prices have skyrocketed.
In a meeting with the Ohio Farm Bureau presidents on their annual trip to Washington D.C., Speaker Boehner discussed how skyrocketing gas prices are hurting farmers, and said the Obama Administration’s policies are only making matters worse. For example, Boehner cited new government regulations that are shutting down energy plants in Ohio and elsewhere.
In the Weekly Republican Address, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) continues a coordinated offensive to highlight Republicans’ ‘all-of-the-above’ energy policy and hold Washington Democrats accountable for policies that have contributed to higher gas prices. As The Hill notes in its report on the address, “
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