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  • Republicans urge Bush to fight high gasoline costs

    04/24/2006 12:12:45 PM PDT · by Crackingham · 113 replies · 1,894+ views
    Reuters ^ | 4/24/6 | Tom Doggett
    Republican congressional leaders on Monday urged the Bush administration to investigate whether oil companies are gouging consumers at the gasoline pump and if market speculators are pushing up fuel prices. U.S. retail gasoline prices are above $3 a gallon in many parts of the country and pump costs are forecast to keep rising. Republicans fear they could lose the Senate and House of Representatives in this November's congressional elections if voters retaliate against them for the high fuel prices. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert wrote President George W. Bush and asked him to direct the...