..Obama moves to curb oil speculators

The Obama administration proposed new measures Tuesday to limit speculation in the oil markets, seeking to draw a contrast with Republicans who have been calling for more domestic drilling during a time of near record gasoline prices.

The new proposals require oil traders to put up more of their own money for transactions, ask for more money for market enforcement and monitoring activities, and call for higher penalties for market manipulation.

"The increase in oil prices, the increase in trading volumes, and the increase in uncertainty is something we're been looking at closely," a senior administration official told reporters.

The moves come as Republicans seek to blame Obama for the high price of gas.

Republicans have repeatedly called on the administration to open more areas of the country for drilling and approve energy projects such as the Keystone Pipeline, although analysts say that would do little to lower prices in the short term.

Despite Republican attempts to blame Obama for high gas prices, the American public has been less included to finger the administration for the recent runup.

Twenty-four percent of respondents in a recent CNN poll blamed Obama for high gas prices, just slightly more than the 21% that blamed Republican policies. The majority blamed oil companies or foreign countries.

The impact that speculation, or investment money, is having on oil prices is a subject of much debate.

Many argue that investment money, especially index fund money, is largely to blame for the spike in oil prices seen over the last several years. They say the amount of oil traded in futures contracts greatly exceeds the amount of actual oil available, and that the bets on higher prices made by index funds are a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Even though I own DBO: http://www.google.com/finance?client=ig&q=NYSEARCA:DBO, I would support this if Obama wouldn't lie to the American people like he did just seconds ago saying that TAX PAYERS SUBSIDIZE BIG OIL.