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Drill on the Hill
Republicans exanding their drill base, at least to other Republicans |
Kate Sheppard |
15 Jun 2008 |
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| While Dick Cheney's busy cheerleading for increased domestic drilling from the White House, House Republicans have been cooking up yet another bill to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling. The bill, which they're calling the 'American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act,' would 'direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound prog ... |
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| Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics) |
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