Posted on 07/31/2003 11:03:45 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:05:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Senate Republicans abandoned their stalled energy bill yesterday, scuttling months of arduous political labor, and agreed to substitute the energy bill written by Democrats last year when they controlled the chamber.
The extraordinary political maneuver, brought on by days of delaying tactics each party blamed on the other, ensures an energy bill will get to conference with the House, which passed its version in April.
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