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We'd Do Anything for Love (But We Won't Do That)
Republican gas-price pander disgusts even pander-lovin' American people |
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01 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| We'd Do Anything for Love (But We Won't Do That) Republican gas-price pander disgusts even pander-lovin' American people Hollywood producers like to say that no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people. Hollywood producers, meet Senate Republicans. Their latest gas-price gambit, coordinated by Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) -- a legislator who puts the "less" ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Throw in a Pony, and We'll Talk
In lieu of real energy policy, senators propose sending people checks |
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28 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Throw in a Pony, and We'll Talk In lieu of real energy policy, senators propose sending people checks Apparently driven insane by high gasoline prices, congressfolk are reaching virtuosic heights of pandering and venality, approaching some sort of Platonic ideal of What's Wrong With Politics These Days. Exhibit A: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) just unveiled a proposal that would bribe th ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Money for Nothin'
Bush's 2007 budget includes Arctic Refuge drilling, cuts EPA funding |
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07 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Money for Nothin' Bush's 2007 budget includes Arctic Refuge drilling, cuts EPA funding Unsurprisingly, greens will find little to love in President Bush's proposed $2.77 trillion budget for fiscal year 2007. It calls for oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, estimating $7 billion in revenue by 2008 from leasing drilling rights -- nearly triple the $2.4 billion forecast in la ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, mining and drilling, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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