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Originally Posted by Paslode
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From that monument of impartiality and objectivity, The Huffington Post,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_558465.html
Energy Bill With Offshore Drilling ‘Dead On Arrival’
4-30-10
As an army of workers tries to stem the fallout of a massive oil spill along the Gulf Coast, back in Washington irreparable damage may already have been done to comprehensive energy legislation.
On Friday, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) said that a bill that includes provisions to increase offshore drilling off the coast of the United States (as envisioned by, among others, the White House) would be a non-starter in the Senate.
"As the White House looks down the line, it wants a climate change bill later this year," Nelson told MSNBC. "[Sen.] Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was insisting that there's going to be offshore drilling. I think that's dead on arrival."….