Posted on 09/24/2008 5:44:22 PM PDT by Kaslin
Energy: In a stunning defeat, congressional Democrats were forced to allow the quarter-century-old offshore drilling ban to expire. But the fight has only begun, with the struggle now shifting to state legislatures.
It was an unexpectedly powerful knockdown of Democrats and their enviro-extremist allies, but they are not yet counted out.
GOP Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina noted in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., the possibility that Democrats would "use environmental lawsuits to block exploration until they can reinstate these energy bans after the November elections." DeMint warned Reid that it "would be a major mistake."
So with the ban ending, what are the next moves toward reducing America's dependence on oil from hostile regimes in places such as the Middle East, Russia and leftist Venezuela?
DeMint has introduced a bill to expedite drilling leases, ensure that states share in oil and gas revenues, and prevent frivolous litigation designed to delay exploration for and production of oil.
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I thought the dems wanted this to happen? Can someone explain the ramifications of the expiration?
They knew they had to, or the people would throw them out in November. We should still do that anyway imo
Bush!
Wins!
Again!
But if the Dems win the Congress, they'll install new regulations and kill this drilling. They still don't get it. We will ALWAYS need oil. It's used in every industry and by each and every one of us.
Unelect all the dimocrats who would not get the vote done on this and merely let it expire so that they could take credit for opening up drilling.
Nice!
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