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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 27 > Airlines’ pleas for help fall on Congress’ deaf ears

Airlines’ pleas for help fall on Congress’ deaf ears

By Marilyn Geewax / The Bulletin
July 27, 2008

WASHINGTON — Last week, financially battered airlines implored the Senate to help lower fuel prices by limiting excessive oil speculation.

But by week’s end, debate on the Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008 was tied up in partisan knots over whether to add oil....

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