This is a story that features the usual corrupt suspects: Orin Hatch, Chuck Grassely, and Rick Santorum.
A program intended to promote "independence from foreign oil" while mitigating risk to the American public has been turned into a scam to line the pockets of Senators from Pennsylvania, Utah, and Iowa, by rolling back the price of a barrel of oil to "the amount which was in effect for sales in calendar year 2004," the Senators insured that a costly tax credit for synfuels would remain in effect, pumping billions of dollars annually into the pockets of their cronies.
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