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To: bert
Yes, it is deep water, but there are some Saudi grade wells down there. The oil industry wanted this bad.

The Clinton-Babbit map of Area 181 was much larger and abutted the Florida panhandle. Bush reduced the size and moved it 100 miles off the coast. The senate moved it 125 miles offshore. The oil industry was disappointed in the reduced size but understands the political sensitivities of Florida and Bush's 600 vote win there in 2000.

You may recall 2002 when Waxman and Feingold were blasting Bush and Cheney over it.

Click here and scroll down to Exhibit 1.

SCOTUS ruled for Bush on this in 2006, and although the House and Senate GOP had disagreements on the bill, after the dems won the 2006 election, the GOP passed the legislation as one of their acts.

18 posted on 06/12/2008 2:14:32 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: Ben Ficklin
Here is a map

map area 181

19 posted on 06/12/2008 2:48:23 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The Bitcons will elect a Democrat by default)
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