Senate, House approve bills to suspend SPR crude oil purchases

摘要

The US Senate and House overwhelmingly approved bills on May 13 to suspend crude oil purchases for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the end of 2008 unless prices fall below 75/bbl for 90 days. It was not clear what would happen next since the bills might need to be reconciled in a joint conference. But the margins of approval (9 7 votes to 1 in the Senate, 385 to 25 in the House) showed that there was more than enough support to override an anticipated presidential veto.