(Democratic) State officials ask U.S. to probe gasoline prices

(Reuters) - Democratic attorneys general in seven states asked the Bush administration Thursday to join them in investigating whether big oil companies are illegally pushing up gasoline prices.

The request from the states comes amid growing pressure from Democrats in Congress and presidential challenger John Kerry for the White House to take action to ease record-high retail gasoline prices.

In a letter to President Bush, the group of chief law enforcement officers asked him to direct U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft "to join with us in investigating whether the oil and gas industries are colluding to drive up the cost of gasoline."

The letter was signed by officials from California, New York, Connecticut, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Iowa and Arkansas.

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http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2004/05/20/rtr1378829.html

Spitzer that is.

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I saw her on Lou Dobbs here in the student lounge.

I love Janet
:loveya:

While the rest of the "business" world is struggling, the oil and gas companies are reaping obscene profits.

Supply-side economics at work!!!!

asking a brick wall to investigate the price gouging.

Not gonna happen.

i would imagine eliot spitzer has as much power and mojo right now as a lot of u.s. attorneys.

The perfect answer........

Seceding from the Union!!!!

I'm all for it!!!!!!!!

No way in hell BuschCo will allow Asscrack to go after the very folks that he serves...duh!

Please people don't get your hopes up.

Remember the ENRON / Calif energy rip off?? Now Ahnold is celebrating successfully distroying the civil lawsuits the Lt Gov here filed. Those would have reaped Calif 9billion. No the GOP serves their masters well.

We are SO terminally screwed peeps.

or do another of the phony investigations for which * is now so famous. The issue's getting attention. They'll look bad.

fixing, war-profiteering or price-gouging: just good ole capitalist market forces at work here.

caption.

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