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Administration rips Democrats' energy bill as waste of time (VETO A COMING, BAN EXPIRES)
cnn ^
| 9/17/2008
| cnn
Posted on 09/17/2008 4:51:56 PM PDT by tobyhill
The White House slammed an energy bill that the House of Representatives passed Tuesday night, calling it a waste of time.
The administration accused House Democrats of lacing the bill with "poison pills" that demonstrate a "lack of seriousness about expanding access to the vast domestic energy resources" off U.S. coasts.
President Bush and Democrats have been tangling for months over drilling offshore in an area known as the outer continental shelf, which had been placed off-limits both by Congress and executive order for decades. Bush lifted the executive order this summer as oil prices shot up and gas prices reached record levels at the pump
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; drilling; energy
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To: Grampa Dave
Bout time for Bush to use that Veto pen.
To: tobyhill
Let's see how the MSM and the DemGOrats try to exploit this vote coming down to their advantage.
To: Prophet in the wilderness
They're trying to exploit it by putting out titles that pretend that the Rats actually voted to open up more drilling when in fact it actually take away current drilling projects by new taxes.
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09/18/2008 3:27:42 AM PDT
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tobyhill
(fraud -noun;(1)deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, (2) Obama)
To: Grampa Dave
This is good news. The RAT bill was no help at all.
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09/18/2008 3:37:57 AM PDT
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BOBTHENAILER
(One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do it, but we're gonna getcha)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER
“Bout time for Bush to use that Veto pen.”
He will, and we hear the drilling and whining of the rats in the background.
Let the drilling and rat whining begin!
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09/18/2008 5:25:54 AM PDT
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Grampa Dave
(I do not want to know the type of person, who does not like Sarah Palin!)
To: Grampa Dave
Bout time for Bush to use that Veto pen.The pen is mightier than the sword....in this case.
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09/18/2008 8:10:59 AM PDT
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BOBTHENAILER
(One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do it, but we're gonna getcha)
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