Acceding to the wishes of the energy industry and consumers, House Republicans on Friday said they planned to take the Senate’s narrower offshore drilling legislation to the floor for a vote Tuesday. This ends months of divisive negotiations between House and Senate lawmakers over how to reconcile their vastly different bills that seek to open more of the offshore to oil and natural gas drilling.
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House Expected to Vote on Offshore Drilling Bill Tuesday
Acceding to the wishes of the energy industry and consumers, House Republicans on Friday said they planned to take the Senate’s narrower offshore drilling legislation to the floor for a vote Tuesday. This ends months of divisive negotiations between House and Senate lawmakers over how to reconcile their vastly different bills that seek to open more of the offshore to oil and natural gas drilling.
December 4, 2006