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 an month-long battle with the White House and Republicans set off by $4 a gallon gasoline prices this summer.
[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.
[it's good news that the Dems don't plan to blackmail the country by including a continuation in our needed spending bill - but please note they consider it a 'defeat' to allow drilling -- and vote wisely this November, at all levels]
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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