A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning oil markets.
Latest action · May 18, 2004 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5612)
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedMay 18, 2004
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) directly confront OPEC and challenge it to increase oil production immediately; (2) direct the Federal Trade Commission and Attorney General to exercise vigorous oversight over the oil markets to protect the American people from price gouging and unfair practices at the gasoline pump; and (3) suspend deliveries of oil to the SPR and release 1,000,000 barrels of oil per day from the SPR for 30 days following the date of adoption of this resolution, and if necessary, for an additional 30 days beyond that.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 18, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Original | May 18, 2004 |
| D-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | May 18, 2004 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2004Introduced in Senate
- May 18, 2004Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5612)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cartels
- Commerce
- Consumer protection
- Energy
- Energy prices
- Energy supplies
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Gasoline
- International Affairs
- OPEC countries
- Petroleum
- Petroleum industry
- Petroleum reserves
- Price discrimination
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Restrictive trade practices
- Strategic materials
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