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GOP Pressed on Offshore Drilling Limits
WASHINGTON - The Democrats' return to power is increasing pressure on House Republican leaders to accept a limited expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling.Supporters of such exploration say the next Congress, with Democrats in control come January, probably will not tamper with the long-standing drilling bans that have protected most coastal waters for a quarter-century. A stubborn standoff has festered for months between the House and Senate over developing more of the oil and gas resources in the Outer Continental Shelf. The dispute is expected to be an issue in the final days of the Republican-run Congress this week when lawmakers meet in a lame-duck session. The proposal is of great importance to Louisiana and three other Gulf Coast states. They stand to reap hundreds of millions of dollars under changes to the way the government shares royalties from oil and gas taken from the Gulf of Mexico. The rest at the link. Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, and Barbara Boxer want a bill passed that would ban any more offshore drilling anywhere. They want very badly to impose their priorities on the rest of us even though we don't get to vote for them. They seem to have forgotten they were elected to represent the citizens of the State of California, not the States of Texas, Louisianna, Missippi, Alabama, and Florida. Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-11-12 |
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