Four dollar-a-gallon gas has done something that few Republicans thought possible just a few months ago: given them hope.
United behind a renewed push for offshore oil drilling, Republican members of Congress and the party's presumptive presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, think they have found their best political issue of the 2008 campaign.
olly and a huge oil tanker spill in the Mississippi River in New Orleans.

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - US legislation to rein in excessive energy speculation failed a key procedural vote on Friday to move forward in the Senate,

By Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins and Maria Cantwell The US Senate is now debating legislation aimed at cutting the cost of petrol and heating oil by ending

BY JUSTIN HYDE • FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF • July 25, 2008 WASHINGTON - Supporters of a $25-billion plan for low-interest loans for automakers and auto parts suppliers are circulating a petition urging U.S. House leaders to include the funding in any spending bill that may come from Congress next month.
a letter to other House members circulated this week, Democratic U.S. Reps. Sander Levin of Royal Oak, and Dale Kildee of Flint, along with Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Ohio, ask colleagues to back $3.75 billion in funding for the program. That money would be enough to cover borrowing costs for about $25 billion and the risk of some defaults.
cluded a passel of other oil-saving pitches, such as requiring all new vehicles by 2012 to include fuel economy gauges.