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Fla. House panel OKs Offshore Drilling!
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| 4-21-2009
Posted on 04/21/2009 4:40:21 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Fla. House panel OKs offshore drilling Last Edited: Tuesday, 21 Apr 2009, 7:01 PM EDT Created On: Tuesday, 21 Apr 2009, 7:01 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida House panel has approved a bill that would permit oil and natural gas drilling in coastal areas where it’s now banned.
The measure would allow drilling from the water’s edge to 10 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. That’s where federal waters begin, and also where drilling is prohibited.
The House Policy Council approved the Republican-sponsored bill (HB 1219) on a nearly straight 17-7 party line vote.
Its next stop is the House floor. A similar bill (SB 2294) has been stalled in the Senate, where it is not scheduled for any committee hearings.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: domesticoil; drillheredrillnow; drilling; economy; energy; florida; offshoredrilling; oil
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To: My Favorite Headache
Yep... Now that we need the money...
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:41:01 PM PDT
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Brilliant
To: My Favorite Headache
Can the national government squash this?
(hope not!)
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:41:07 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: netmilsmom
The Feds? The person we need to worry about is the Governor of the state and that would be Senor Crist
To: netmilsmom
Can the national government squash this? Nope. This house is made of bricks, and no matter how hard the Washington D.C. gasbags huff and puff, the 10th amendment won't let them in.
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:45:30 PM PDT
by
Henchster
(Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
To: Henchster
Excuse me while I dance away from my computer.....
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:47:56 PM PDT
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netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: My Favorite Headache
In response, the state of Colorado has banned drilling off its shores.
developing...
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:49:36 PM PDT
by
Zeppelin
To: My Favorite Headache
That’s a ZERO tax payer cost florida bailout !!
YEE HAA.......!
EPA be Damed !
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:50:41 PM PDT
by
4Speed
To: Zeppelin
Yeah, but Cheney had Wyoming open up theirs to pick up the slack for those liberals in Colorado. {;^)
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:52:04 PM PDT
by
Henchster
(Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
To: My Favorite Headache
Good. Now they can play catch up with the ChiComs.
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:52:34 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: Zeppelin
>>In response, the state of Colorado has banned drilling off its shores.
developing...<<
I just wet myself a bit.
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:53:25 PM PDT
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netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: netmilsmom
10th Amendment issue.
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:55:24 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: netmilsmom
I just wet myself a bit.
You're not the only one!
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:57:04 PM PDT
by
Zeppelin
To: Zeppelin
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:57:46 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: unkus
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:58:07 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: netmilsmom
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posted on
04/21/2009 4:59:38 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Henchster
Next step - organize a specific confrontation or confrontations with the feds in the states with resolutions. See what they do.
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posted on
04/21/2009 5:02:39 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet (GOP Poet))
To: Zeppelin
That was awesome... in other news, destruction of the environment won’t get you the death penalty in CO since they are moving toward abolishing it...
Although, destruction of the environment is much worse than capital murder, so they might make an exception.
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posted on
04/21/2009 5:04:05 PM PDT
by
ican'tbelieveit
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To: My Favorite Headache
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posted on
04/21/2009 5:05:10 PM PDT
by
fanfan
(God, Bless America, please.)
To: My Favorite Headache
Seems to me that the tea parties may be having an impact already on how some people want to do business
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posted on
04/21/2009 5:05:41 PM PDT
by
Munz
("We're all here for you OK? It's a circle of love" Rham Emanuel)
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