Republican Senators just caved in and gave the democrat/socialist party everything they wanted:
Republican Energy Fumble
Still, it was probably too much to assume every Republican would work out that their side was winning this issue. And so, last Friday, in stumbled Sens. Lindsey Graham, John Thune, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker and Johnny Isakson — alongside five Senate Democrats. This “Gang of 10” announced a “sweeping” and “bipartisan” energy plan to break Washington’s energy “stalemate.” What they did was throw every vulnerable Democrat, and Mr. Obama, a life preserver
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058622/posts
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Thats the reason these dumb asses (Republicans) are no longer in power. Their one big issue is gone.