A Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)-sponsored amendment that would have prevented President Joe Biden from selling crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve was soundly defeated by both parties on Thursday.
Only 14 Republicans voted in favor of the amendment, and it was defeated 418–141. Biden was charged with endangering the nation’s security and misleading voters by using funds from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to cut gas prices when Greene announced the amendment. Evidently, few other legislators approved or considered the proposal to be wise.
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The stockpile was depleted last year after Biden instructed the emergency withdrawal of hundreds of millions of barrels of oil to assist control rising gasoline costs in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent surge in oil prices.
But once prices fell, the Department of Energy said in December of last year that it would start buying oil to replenish the stockpile. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm stated on Monday that despite the lack of interest in an earlier purchase attempt, her agency would have no trouble replenishing the emergency oil reserve.
After the unsuccessful amendment, Greene’s frequent foe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) laughed at the Georgia Republican’s expense.
“Woof. This is worse than my psilocybin amendment, “Tweeted Ocasio-Cortez.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of ordinary gas in the United States is now $3.50, up from $3.10 a month ago and $3.34 a year ago. This is an increase from the steady drops since the summer peak.
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