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Repubs Block Oil Spill Accountability
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Wed, 05-19-2010 - 10:18pm

Latest abdication of responsibility for the party of accountability:

"Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma is mostly known these days for putting holds on federal appointments, but it turns out that blocking President Obama’s agenda isn’t the only thing on his plate: On Tuesday, Inhofe blocked a proposal to raise the liability cap on oil spills for energy companies from $75 million to $10 billion."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/senator-blocks-new-oil-spill-liabilities/gulf-disaster/?cid=cs:headline11 [2]

Why should we pay for BP's screw up? Can we afford it more than BP? Apparently the Republicans think so.

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