Offered
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To memorialize the President of the United States and the United States Congress to take prompt action to provide relief from high gas prices.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation
Substitute offered
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To adopt a version of the resolution that urges the federal government to investigate whether oil companies violate anti-trust laws, eliminate government subsidies for oil companies, and ease laws that require many different formulas of gasoline in different parts of the county. The substitute also criticizes Gov. Jennifer Granholm on the issue of inspecting gas station pumps for accuracy, and urges her to remove regulatory obstacles to new refineries in Michigan.
The substitute passed 32 to 5 (details)
Adopted in the Senate 34 to 3 (details)
To urge the federal government to defer further purchases of for the stategic petroleum reserve, investigate whether oil companies violate anti-trust laws, eliminate government subsidies for oil companies, ease laws that require many different formulas of gasoline in different parts of the county, and more. The substitute also criticizes Gov. Jennifer Granholm on the issue of inspecting gas station pumps for accuracy, and urges her to remove regulatory obstacles to new refineries in Michigan.
