Democrats Float Bill to Curb Gasoline Demand

The bill -- called the Transportation and Housing Options for Gas Price Relief Act of 2008 -- would allocate taxpayer money to:

-- expand public transportation;
-- encourage “pay-as-you-drive” auto insurance policies;
-- help local governments create "walkable, bikeable" communities;
-- help Americans make "smart" transportation and housing choices by 'educating' them about their options;
-- create “location efficient mortgages" that would make owning a home near transit more affordable. [i.e., subsidize]

The bill does nothing to increase domestic energy supply.

H.R. 6495 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and it is cosponsored by Reps. Chris Shays (R-Conn.), Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and California Democrats Ellen Tauscher, Jerry McNerney, and Hilda Solis (D-CA

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H.R. 6495: Transportation and Housing Options for Gas Price Relief Act of 2008
Jerry McNerny (D) jerryMcNerney@mail.house.gov www.mcnerney.house.gov
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