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Like oil and vinegar
Dems and GOP agree to stop filling Strategic Petroleum Reserve |
Kate Sheppard |
13 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Senate today approved legislation to temporarily suspend deliveries to the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, by a vote of 97-1. The measure was inserted as an amendment to a flood insurance bill, and was opposed only by Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.). The Energy Department sends 70,000 barrels of oil to the reserve every day, a practice that this legislation would put on hold until the end of 2008 or until oil drops below $75 a barrel, whichever comes first. ... |
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| Topics: congress, energy, gas prices, legislation, Muckraker, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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As the World Burns
House hearing addresses missing oil and gas royalties |
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29 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| As the World Burns House hearing addresses missing oil and gas royalties The steamiest soap opera in D.C. continues this week with a House hearing on $1 billion in uncollected oil and gas royalties. A cast of star-crossed witnesses testified to the Natural Resources Committee about the forbidden love between the Minerals Management Service and Big Oil. Handsome leading man Bobby Maxwell, an auditor-turned-whistleblo ... |
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| Topics: Congress, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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