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Somewhere, an Oil Baron Is Smiling
Congress squabbles over how to spend oil fund ... that doesn't exist |
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08 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:22 PM on 08 Nov 2007 There are plenty of reasons we're glad we aren't members of Congress. Tops among them? Having to argue, with a straight face, about who's misspending money that doesn't exist. This year, four different bills have each proposed spending $6 billion that's expected to be collected from oil companies. The money would result from a fee assessed to compensate for o ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, Congress, news, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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