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To: edcoil
Congress voted on this and it was passed.

No, there was no vote.

What happened was they did NOT vote on another 1 year extension to the drilling ban as had been done for years. They let it expire when the last ban ended without any vote.

There was both a congressional ban and presidential ban. President Bush first reversed the executive order. Then the congress did not act to extend their ban.

15 posted on 01/22/2009 10:25:00 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

Depends on your POV:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/09/24/house-votes-end-ban-offshore-oil-drilling/


30 posted on 01/22/2009 10:57:37 AM PST by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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