Bush should veto ANY bill that contains an extension of the offshore drilling ban. I don’t care if they attach it to appropriations, President Bush should veto it.
If the ban expires, no legislation is necessary.
If current ban expires we can drill anywhere in our coastal waters right? Or are there other road blocks that prevent us from drilling.
Something about the oil companies can drill but like fifty miles offshore where there is no oil????
It was a quick one, the dems cutely inserted a no-revenue-sharing provision to discourage states from developing them, and kept a whole load of enviromentalist whacko friendly provisions allowing easy court injuctions.
Go GW veto the bill and send Dick Cheney to take Pelosi and the other Opecker Thug supporters quail hunting.
“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... “
Excellent! I wish the White House had stood up and b-slapped the scumbags like this a lot more often over the years.