DEMS OFFER INANITY TO SUPPORT OBAMA

The House offshore drilling battle begins

• Submitted by Asst Natl Dir Mellie B on May 5, 2011 at Patriot Action Network 

By Andrew Restuccia and Ben Geman - 05/04/11 07:10 PM ET

State of Play: The House will vote Thursday on a GOP-backed bill to expand domestic oil drilling — one of several measures that reflect Republican claims that the White House is stymieing U.S. energy production.
But Democrats hope to turn the vote into a referendum on oil industry tax breaks.
The Republican drilling bill, authored by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), would set a timeline for Gulf of Mexico lease sales and mandate the sale of leases off the Virginia coast. The bill is expected to easily pass the chamber.

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