House Approves Bill to Lift Drilling Moratorium

12 May 2011 16:45 #1 by Nmysys
I know Archer wants my opinion, but I have let my opinion be known about Obama enough to know where I stand on this issue.

House Approves Bill to Lift Drilling Moratorium

by Chad Pergram | May 12, 2011


The House of Representatives voted to open more of the nation's oceans for oil and gas exploration on Thursday by a vote of 243 to 179.

The "Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act," requires the Interior Department to set a production goal of three million barrels of oil per day for its 2012-2017 leasing plan.

In order to reach that target, the legislation requires the department to hold lease sales off the coast of Southern California, in the Arctic Ocean, off Alaska's Bristol Bay, and in the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to North Carolina.

Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/05/12/house-approves-bill-lift-drilling-moratorium#ixzz1MBHK5zui

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12 May 2011 18:10 #2 by Rick
Great news for 15 minutes until the Senate kills it.

The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.

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