"There's a history of output increases, not exactly coinciding with the election but a few months afterwards, " says Crandell.

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"If those 28 million barrels were in U.S. crude stocks, the market here would be a lot looser, " said James Crandell, an energy markets analyst at Lehman.

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But, Rep. Crandell insists that his challenge to federal authority is not just a symbolic protest.

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