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Article: House Acts to Bar Drilling Off Fla.; Bush Also Dealt Setback on Mining Rules
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Eric Pianin Washington Post Staff Writer
The Washington Post
06-22-2001
House Acts to Bar Drilling Off Fla.; Bush Also Dealt Setback on Mining
Rules
Byline: Eric Pianin Washington Post Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: A Section
The Republican-controlled House voted by comfortable margins yesterday
to block oil and gas exploration off the coast of Florida and to bar new
oil, gas and coal exploration in millions of acres of national monuments,
dealing a blow to President Bush's efforts to increase domestic energy
supplies.
In a separate vote, the House also approved a proposal to prevent the
administration from reviewing or altering new restrictions on hardrock
mining on government land.
Although ...