With gasoline topping 4 dollars a gallon, President Bush is calling on lawmakers to lift the decades-old ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. But Democrats quickly rejected the idea.

• 随着汽油价格上升到没加仑4美元，布什总统号召立法者取消离岸油和石油开采的十年禁令。但这一提议很快遭到了明主党派的拒绝。