Republican Rush to Ruin the Nation Before they Go.
Writing by on Sunday, 12 of November , 2006 at 9:00 pm
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So the Republicans are going to see just how fast they can fuck things up. The Republicans have sat on their asses the past 12 years and promised the world to the oil companies, drug companies and just about any other industry, and on my levels, they forgot to deliver. Now that the end is near, the gravy train has run out of track they are going to see just how fast they can fuck the nation over in the lame duck session.
From the AP
Technorati Tags: Failed Presidency, Life in Bushs America, Oil, Ports, Republican Corruption, Republican Culture of CorruptionThe Democrats' return to power is increasing pressure on House Republican leaders to accept a limited expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling.
Supporters of such exploration say the next Congress, with Democrats in control come January, probably will not tamper with the long-standing drilling bans that have protected most coastal waters for a quarter-century.
A stubborn standoff has festered for months between the House and Senate over developing more of the oil and gas resources in the Outer Continental Shelf. The dispute is expected to be an issue in the final days of the Republican-run Congress this week when lawmakers meet in a lame-duck session.
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House Republicans pushed through a bill that would open coastal waters for drilling everywhere unless a state objects. That essentially would end a ban on such drilling that Congress has imposed annually for the past 25 years in most areas outside the western Gulf.
Even drilling supporters said there was no chance that measure can pass the Senate, which has approved a compromise: opening 8.3 million acres in the east-central Gulf, no closer than 125 miles of land, and leaving other areas alone.
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