Parties Face Internal Strife Over Oil Moves

By Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff
July 17, 2008, 12 a.m.

Both parties in the House faced internal divisions over how best to deal with soaring gas prices Wednesday, with Republicans split over Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) proposal to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, while Pelosi faces growing pressure from Democrats who want her to allow votes on opening up more areas to oil drilling.



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