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May 13th, 2008
Posted: 11:51 AM ET

WASHINGTON — Several Senate Republicans — driven by fears that high gas prices are damaging both the economy and their re-election chances — will defy President Bush on Tuesday and back a Democratic amendment aimed at reducing gas prices by temporarily suspending oil deliveries to the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve, senators and aides from both parties said.

A vote was expected around noon.

Many Republicans have “an honest disagreement” with the president, said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, a member of the GOP leadership.

“We are talking to people out there. We are out there. People are really worried. They are worried about the high cost of food (and) transportation,” she said.

–From Ted Barrett, CNN Congressional Producer


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