House OKs coastal oil drilling—sort of

Chicago Tribune ^ | 9/17/2008

[markomalley]

The House, on a 236-189 vote, on Tuesday approved a bill to allow oil drilling off the nation's Atlantic and Pacific coasts if states agree — but only 50 or more miles out. Republicans called the bill a ruse, saying that's well beyond where most of the estimated 18 billion barrels of oil is located.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the measure marked "a new direction in energy policy" because of its emphasis on alternative energy.

The White House threatened a veto, saying the bill doesn't go far enough to generate new domestic supplies of oil and natural gas. The bill's prospects in the Senate are

[markomalley]

We better get on the phone to encourage Bush to do the right thing and veto this sucker (I know that he said he would, we need to support that). After all, it's not like he needs to run for re-election...

[Red Badger]

To put it bluntly, you can drill only where there is no oil to be found.......

[IrishMike]

“It’s a hoax on the American people. This is intended for one reason . . . so the Democrats can say we voted on energy.” - House GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio, speaking yesterday in opposition to a bill meant to allow offshore oil drilling - but mostly beyond where the bulk of the estimated 18 billion barrels of recoverable oil is to be found

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

DOA...

[MrChips]

How many Republicans voted for this sham?

[conservativemusician]

This is a BS bill. No state would sign on for this and Bush said he would veto.

[avacado]

" but only 50 or more miles out."

Is the continental shelf off the west coast even 50 miles wide? Put Pelosi and Reid on eBay... NOW!

[andy58-in-nh]

It's quite a bit worse than that, actually. Not only can the oil companies not drill where the vast majority of the oil is, they must pay increased royalties to do so, and also will be assessed increased taxes which will in turn be passed along to the consumer in the form of higher prices for refined oil products. And that assumes that state legislatures will allow drilling in these relatively non-productive areas (much of which is in California, so forget it).

It is a classic election-year scam, designed to get the other party to appear to vote against a popular initiative, even though they are actually in favor of it. Disgusting, but par for the course in Pelosiland.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Good question. Let’s see the GOP votes on this bogus bill.

[bray]

This Do Nothing Nancy No Drill Bill was a gift to the Enviroterrorist Lobby. It should be a gift to McCain since it is such a huge target.

Pray for W, McCuda and Our Troops

[andy58-in-nh]

221 Democrats were joined by 15 Republicans. Roll call vote is here.

[Red Badger]

Thanks to the Internet and the alternative media, the “scam” kill-drill-bill won’t work on Americans like in the old days of MSM “filtered” news........

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

We should call this the KILL DRILL BILL! PLEASE SOMEBODY PHOTOSHOP THIS WITH PELOSI’S HEAD!............

[LibLieSlayer]

I want a list of the Republican traitors that voted for this POS and I want it asap!

LLS

[kabar]

It is my understanding that the bill bans permanently any drilling less than 50 miles from shore. The current moratorium on drilling expires. Let it expire.

[LibLieSlayer]

I found it and Thank You!

LLS

[Fractal Trader]

It’s even worse:

1)They have been excluded from specific locations, in particular from George’s Bank off the coast of Massachusetts

2)It forces energy companies to produce 20 per cent of their energy as renewable energy, whatever boondoggle that may be. Over the last 20 years, we have been promised to be rescued by a variety of methods, some renewable, some not: shale, coal gasification, electricity, solar power. geothermal power, hydrogen, and ethanol. Neither of them has panned out — who really believes this 20 per cent can actually be achieved?

[cp124]

Call your Senators.

[Sacajaweau]

YOur Congress....9% and tanking...Vote them out.

They're your personal reps and they've told you "Go To H***".