[CWOJackson]

Ap, Today: WASHINGTON - The House rejected an attempt Thursday to lift a quarter-century congressional ban on offshore oil drilling in coastal waters outside the western Gulf of Mexico amid arguments that new supplies are needed to lower energy prices.

A proposal to end the long-standing moratoria as it applies only to pumping natural gas was expected to be voted on later in the evening as lawmakers moved toward late-night approval of a $25.9 billion Interior Department spending bill.

[org.whodat]

The House rejected an attempt Thursday to lift a quarter-century congressional ban on offshore oil drilling in coastal waters outside the western Gulf of Mexico amid arguments that new supplies are needed to lower energy prices.

Why don't you just say off the coast of Florida, because that's what it was about. Jeb was against it and even if it had past it would not made it anywhere in the senate, because it would have been objected to by one or both of the Florida Senator's. So the whole thing was just for show, like your post.