Most intelligent thing they have done in years.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 5:38 AM, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> WASHINGTON - Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on
> drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next
> week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House
> and Republicans set off by $4 a gallon gasoline prices this summer.
>
> House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., told
> reporters Tuesday that a provision continuing the moratorium will be
> dropped this year from a stopgap spending bill to keep the government
> running after Congress recesses for the election.
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> Republicans have made lifting the ban a key campaign issue after
> gasoline prices spiked this summer and public opinion turned in favor
> of more drilling. President Bush lifted an executive ban on offshore
> drilling in July.
>
> "If true, this capitulation by Democrats following months of
> Republican pressure is a big victory for Americans struggling with
> record gasoline prices," said House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio.
>
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