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 WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush on Wednesday pushed Congress to pass a long-stalled energy bill before its summer recess, but acknowledged there is nothing he can do to ease rising gas prices in the short-term.
"I wish I could simply wave a magic wand and lower gas prices tomorrow," Bush said.
Bush spoke as the House began considering a broad energy bill that includes $8.1 billion in tax breaks, mostly for energy companies, and would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil development.
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