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How to End the Drilling Moratorium
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Human Events
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September 8, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Human Events Publishing, Inc. Sep 8, 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Your Inside Report From Capitol Hill
For years, Congress has banned oil and natural gas drilling on most of America's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). On October I, that ban, along with one that forbids the extraction and development of oil shale in the Mountain West, will expire. Unfortunately, gaining access to these vast domestic resources is in the hands of the "do no drilling" Congress.
Annually, Congress blocks access to American energy by attaching a spending rider to the yearly appropriations bills that prohibits federal funds from being used to issue leases to drilling companies. Because Congress has failed to pass the bills necessary to fund the government in fiscal year 2009, which ...
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