Quote Originally Posted by apb View Post
Though the president has the power to veto those bills before they become law. If the congress does not have a 2/3 majority to over ride the veto, the bill does not become law.

As far as gas prices, a weaker dollar, supply/demand, speculators, OPEC determines the prices we pay. President/congress does not have that much say, if any.

btw, I gotta see those figures on gas prices tripling in the last 18 months. Was around $2 when bush took office.

Andrew

According to the article I read the national average for gas when Bush took office was 1.69.9 per gallon. That means Deisel has more than tripled. No congress and the president don't set prices but they have the ability to try and do something about it don't they??? But instead this Democratic congress elects to do absolutely NOTHING. Don't you think it's ironic that gas dropped drastically on the barrel the day that Bush even made a symbolic threat towards drilling, can you imagine what would happen if we actually approved. And that supply and demand garbage doesn't wash anymore. All surveys taken in the last 6 to 9 months have showed a significant drop in oil use. In fact I think that entire thing was a farse from day one.