Senate turns back GOP oil, gas bill similar to House bill

One day after refusing to consider the Democrats’ bill to increase taxes for the five biggest US oil companies, the US Senate similarly rejected on May 17 a Republican measure patterned after legislation that the US House approved last week by a 57-42 vote.

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