While airlines are going bankrupt and independent truckers are being crushed, the Senate leadership has decided to bring up the Warner-Lieberman energy bill during the first week of June. This bill would not remedy the woes of airlines and truckers, and would further cripple the American economy in competing with China and India.

Warner-Lieberman raises the cost of carbon dramatically and therefore raises the cost of gasoline, heating oil, aviation jet fuel, diesel fuel as well as electricity produced by coal and natural gas.

One economist calculated that the price of oil rising from $80 a barrel to $100 a barrel had the same effect on Americans' pocket books as a $150 billion tax increase -- and Warner-Lieberman would take us dramatically higher. Analysis from the Heritage Foundation today shows, state-by-state, gas prices across the board would rise if this bill is passed:

 

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