President Bush announced on Monday that he will lift the executive order banning offshore drilling, a move that Republicans consider essential to boosting oil supply. Some Democrats, however, say the move won’t lower gasoline prices any time soon.

Bush criticized the Democrat-controlled Congress, saying that it “sat idle” as gasoline prices rose. The American Automobile Association (AAA) listed the national average for unleaded, regular gasoline Monday at $4.109, compared with $3.054 a year ago