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House to vote on offshore drilling bill
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Contributor | kal |
Last Edited | kal Dec 02, 2006 06:26am |
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Media | Newspaper - San Jose Mercury News |
News Date | Saturday, December 2, 2006 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Abandoning months of opposition, House Republicans agreed Friday to move an offshore drilling bill that would open new territory in the Gulf Coast to oil rigs but would not ease restrictions on coastal waters elsewhere.
The Senate passed the compromise measure, 71-25, in August. Now, with time running out on the party's majority rule, GOP leaders will send it to the House floor on Tuesday under special rules requiring a two-thirds majority for approval, said Kevin Madden, a spokesman for Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.
If that fails, they could bring it up for a regular vote later in the week, although that could complicate its passage.
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