Still Keeping The Powder Dry

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Still Keeping The Powder Dry
Wed, 09-17-2008 - 11:38pm

Watch out, the Democrats are poised like lions and ready to spring into action to promote the policies their constituents have been advocating for decades.



Democrats' Drilling Bill Angers Environmental Purists






















 



 

By Mary Ann Akers And Paul Kane
Thursday, September 18, 2008; Page A19



All summer long, House Republicans staged weekly news conferences outside the Capitol calling for more offshore oil drilling. And they were usually met by an assortment of environmental protesters chanting in unison, trying to drown out the GOP's pro-drilling voices. Some even wore polar bear costumes to protest Arctic drilling proposals.



But then Democrats approved a bill Tuesday that could lead to drilling just 50 miles off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, reversing the party's long-standing opposition to exploration of the outer continental shelf. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/17/AR2008091703425.html?hpid=topnews