There’s a bill floating around that would let our government sue members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries for driving up the price of oil. Surprise, surprise, it passed Congress. President Bush has vowed to quash the brilliantly named “NOPEC” (the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act), but sticking it in OPEC’s eye has such appeal that the measure may enjoy a veto-proof majority.
U.S. needs energy policy change
Sunday, July 22, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 4:30 p.m. CDT, Friday, July 11, 2008
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