Reid last minute attempt to sneak in drilling ban
September 25, 2008
UPDATE II: Specifics of the amendment are posted at Sen. Jim DeMint’s website. The ban specifically targets oil shale development. Reid’s specific proposal can be found here.
UPDATE, OPINIONTIMES.COM EXCLUSIVE: At the same time Harry Reid is attempting to renew the ban on oil exploration, an array of environmental groups will be submitting a lawsuit today or tomorrow to block the recent leases granted on the Roan Plateau in Colorado. The Roan Plateau has one of the largest reserves of natural gas in the world.
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Harry Reid is attempting to sneak in a renewal of the ban on offshore drilling into spending legislation sources tell Opinion Times. Reid is offering an “economic stimulus” amendment to the Homeland Security section of the bill which would extend the decades old offshore drilling ban.
The continuing resolution which came to the Senate from the House yesterday had all oil exploration provisions removed by a vote of 370-58. It was a major victory for proponents of expanding energy exploration. the nearly 1 trillion barrels of oil available through oil shale reserves in the mountain states of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah was also lifted.
THIS JUST IN: Harry Reid and The Grinch were separated at birth.
Reid’s motivation is unclear, but it brings to mind Mitch McConnell’s question put to Colorado Senator Ken Salazar “at what price for gasoline would you open up energy exploration?” See below.
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