Senate close on offshore drilling bill
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The Senate cleared the way Monday for legislation that would open 8.3 million protected acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling.
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Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says he would start a filibuster in the Senate to block a measure on offshore drilling if it passes the House, which is expected to vote on the bill this week.
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The Senate voted yesterday to clear a major obstacle to passage of a $10.1 billion buyout of tobacco farmers, and a final vote was scheduled for noon today.
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The U.S. Energy Department on  Wednesday put itself on a collision course with Senate  Democrats with a plan to buy more oil for its strategic reserve  even as prices hover near $90 a barrel.
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The House voted overwhelmingly to expand offshore oil drilling and preserve a variety of popular tax breaks for families and businesses, and the Senate was poised early this morning to approve the package after lawmakers angry about trade provisions and the bill's $50 billion cost agreed to let the...
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Four lucky states were slated to share billions in potential royalties courtesy of an offshore drilling expansion signed into law last year, money that could help reverse decades of environmental damage from coastal industry. But as budget planning gets under way, the states are beginning to realize that Congress gave them far more freedom in spending the windfall than the political rhetoric in Washington suggested.
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The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday put itself on a collision course with Senate Democrats with a plan to buy more oil for its strategic reserve even as prices hover near $90 a barrel.
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Congress was poised to pass a bill Saturday to revamp management of the nation's marine fisheries and strengthen protections against overfishing of dwindling stocks.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from coastal states introduced legislation Thursday calling for removal of the thousands of tons of ocean debris that wash up on U.S. shores each year.
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The drive to pass a $136 billion corporate tax bill hit a roadblock in the Senate on Friday when lawmakers upset about tobacco regulation, new overtime rules and combat pay employed delaying tactics to keep the measure from coming up for a vote.
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BAGHDAD -- Legislation to manage Iraq's oil industry won Cabinet approval yesterday and could go before parliament for ratification within days, but political wrangling raised the possibility of delays in passing the long-stalled measure.
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Hours before adjourning for the  year, the U.S. Congress on Saturday sent President George W.  Bush legislation that would open 8.3 million acres in the Gulf  of Mexico to oil and natural gas drilling and redistribute  billions of dollars in royalties to four Gulf states.
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The U.S. Senate pressed ahead on  Wednesday with a business-backed bill to curb class-action  lawsuits, rebuffing attempts to soften the measure that is part  of President Bush's push for sweeping legal reforms.
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Top Democrats on the Senate Energy Committee ordered a new inquiry on Thursday into the Interior Departmentâs program to collect billions of dollars worth of oil and gas from companies that drill on public territory.
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Congress was poised to pass a bill Friday to revamp management of the nation's marine fisheries and strengthen protections against overfishing of dwindling stocks.
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Republican leaders in the U.S. House  of Representatives, who will yield to a Democratic majority in  January, on Friday agreed to allow a vote on a limited offshore  oil and natural gas drilling bill, which would open 8.3 million  acres in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida.
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The Senate sent legislation to President Bush early this morning that expands offshore oil drilling and preserves a variety of popular tax breaks for families and businesses.