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With oil companies such as ExxonMobil announcing a jump in profits of nearly 70 percent while gas prices are hovering around $4 a gallon, Republicans are trying to avoid any impression of defensiveness over their strong support for Big Oil.
Will GOP rue embrace of Big Oil?
Seeded on Tue May 10, 2011 6:29 PM EDT
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Boehner had indicated that ending subsidies for oil companies should be on the table, despite the Republican caucus’s three votes this year to protect these taxpayer-funded giveaways.
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#1 - Tue May 10, 2011 6:29 PM EDTWe are all knew how well Johnny B. could tap dance prior to the election.
Next we will get to see his rendition of the Potomac two-step (avoid responsibility) for the next 18-months.
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Him being willing to give away something that big makes me wonder what he is after now. He may have found that even when you are in charge of the henhouse, the game of "either my way or the highway" does not always guarantee you'll win the eggs.
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