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Obey has shut down the House Appropriations Committee so that there won’t be a vote on drilling: Tempers flared and the House Appropriations Committee abruptly adjourned Thursday morning after Republicans sought to hijack the meeting agenda and force a vote on their hottest new political issue: easing restrictions on offshore drilling for oil and gas.…

Here’s a glimmer of hope: The Democrats’ stumbles come as congressional Republicans continue to push aggressively for more domestic oil and gas production on the Outer Continental Shelf and in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as well as for an ambitious plan to turn coal shale beneath the High Plains into natural gas. Republicans claim…

Obama didn’t even get a chance to save the day by voting against closure. He wasn’t even there, though I doubt if anyone can blame him because the vote wasn’t even close since 80 Senators voted for closure. An effort to block a wide-ranging overhaul of U.S. wiretapping laws failed in the Senate on Wednesday,…

So, I finally listened to the whole broadcast today (life interrupted blogging — I had to have surgery yesterday) and can finally respond more fully. I also got a chance to read the comments and noticed that we were pretty much in agreement with Obama and that Dobson blew it, except an occasional commenter like…
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