Republican Energy Plan: Have They No Shame?

Just when you thought federal energy policies couldn't get much worse, Senate Republicans-- led by the usual suspects including Charles Grassley of Iowa, Ted Stevens of Alaska, Pete Domenici of New Mexico, and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania --have introduced a bill to provide $100 refunds to all taxpayers to help "ease the pain" of high gas prices. Nice gesture guys-- but two free tanks of gas for America's SUV fleet will not solve the growing energy crisis. Neither will opening ANWR for drilling or any other attempt to increase supply in the short term. We need a conservation plan and a windfall profits tax on Big Oil, not more election-year pandering to voters. CNN has the details.