Republicans refuse to swear in testifying oil execs

by kos

Wed Nov 09, 2005 at 10:17:26 AM PDT

Wow. Bizarre. We'll get to the election stuff soon, but this was too crazy to pass up:

CEOs from the nation's biggest oil companies sparred with lawmakers Wednesday at a Senate hearing into this year's jump in oil prices and record industry profits.

The contentious hearing comes as consumers face a jump of 50 percent or more in home heating bills this winter and gasoline prices have surged 20 percent this year.