'gang Of 10' Offers Bipartisan Solution To Hill's Energy Impasse

摘要

Moving to break the political logjam that has blocked energy legislation in the Senate, a bipartisan group of 10 senators Friday unveiled an $84 billion compromise plan aimed at reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil, including a proposal to lift restrictions on oil production in some offshore areas and a $20 billion crash program to move 85 percent of all new American motor vehicles to non-petroleum fuels within 20 years.