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U.S.-Mexico deal on expanded Gulf oil drilling still in limbo
ReutersBy Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - More than a year after the United States and Mexico signed a much-lauded deal that would remove obstacles to expanding deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, the agreement still has not...Tags: Republican Party, Global Energy Incorporated, Mexico, U.S. Department of the Interior, Lobbying
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Casey gives Godiva, receives peanuts
Call Washington BureauU.S. Sen. Bob Casey gifted the chocolate of the top two percent and in return received the nut of the middle class. It was the Senate's second annual bipartisan Secret Santa Monday evening and for the second year in a row, the Pennsylvania Democrat...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Peanuts, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Democratic Party
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Horse owners support New Mexico horse slaughterhouse
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A group of horse owners and clubs is urging the governor to support a proposed horse slaughterhouse in Roswell, saying the closing of domestic facilities five years ago has caused "needless suffering under the cruelest of...Tags: Politics, Steve Pearce, Food Industry, Susana Martinez, Government
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Other election issue around the nation
OTHER ELECTIONS The highlight of Tuesday’s elections was the gubernatorial recall vote in Wisconsin, which Republican Gov. Scott Walker won over his Democratic challenger. Mitt Romney swept the five states holding Republican presidential primaries...
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Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Baltimore SunSens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...Tags: Republican Party, Taliban, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Patrick Leahy
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Sens. Webb, Warner renew call for offshore drilling in Virginia
U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, both Virginia Democrats, again asked the Obama administration to open the state’s coast to oil and natural gas exploration.
In a letter Friday to Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar, the pair said that...Tags: Ken Salazar, U.S. Department of the Interior, Natural Resources, Mark R. Warner, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Virginia Beach congressman Rigell pushes for offshore drilling
Days after Virginia’s U.S. senators made an appeal to open the state’s coast to offshore drilling, Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, said he will introduce House legislation asking for the same.
Speaking from his Washington office, the...Tags: National Government, Politics, U.S. Department of the Interior, Scott Rigell, Environmental Issues
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House votes to block enforcement of light bulb rules
Nation NowA spending bill aimed at preventing a federal government shutdown would block enforcement of new energy-efficiency rules for light bulbs, letting old-style incandescent bulbs stay around a bit longer. The provision was a high priority of congressional... -
Offshore drilling bill stalls in the Senate
An effort to overhaul the nation’s offshore drilling practices, which includes opening Virginia’s coast to oil and natural gas exploration, stalled in a Senate committee on Thursday.
Discussion on the bill, which could direct millions of...Tags: Politics, Bob McDonnell, Land Resources, Jim Webb, Mark R. Warner
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Casey has more than $1 million going into 2011
Pennsylvania Ave.Sen. Bob Casey had about $1.3 million on hand at the end of 2010, according to an analysis by the Washington Post of Democratic senators up for re-election in 2012. The cash puts Casey right in the middle of his...... -
Sunday shows: Steven Chu and that's about it
Top of the TicketAlso, Rand Paul, Jeff Sessions, Jeff Bingaman, Carl Levin, Joe Lieberman, Michael Chertoff, Lindsey Graham, Jack Reed, Jim Jordan and John McCain.... -
Gas prices spur move to open offshore drilling in California, Alaska, East Coast [Updated]
GreenspaceWith high gas prices once again becoming a high-octane political issue, House Republicans on Tuesday launched a drive to open up more coastal areas to oil drilling, including a stretch off Southern California. The pro-production legislation comes a day...
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