House Postpones Offshore Drilling Bill
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House leaders pulled an offshore drilling measure off the calendar today, an apparent signal that the bill did not have the two-thirds majority of votes needed for it to be adopted.
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House Republican leaders were forced yesterday to summon lawmakers back into session next month to quell an uproar over a belatedly discovered provision in a huge spending bill that would have
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A variety of popular tax breaks held up in Congress for more than a year by political jockeying has been saddled once again with a host of contentious measures, including proposals to expand offshore oil drilling, cancel a Medicare payment cut for doctors and provide more money to clean up abandoned...
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Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell has decided to delay shareholder meetings that will vote on a new unified board structure to allow more time to prepare the necessary documentation.
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Congress is making a final push to open a large area of the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, aware the Democratic majority next year is less likely to embrace new offshore energy development.
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BP BP.L told U.S. lawmakers on   Thursday that it could restart its giant oil field in Alaska by   the end of October after rusty pipelines forced part of the   field shut last month, though a former senior BP manager in   Alaska refused to testify about the pipeline corrosion.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday approved a plan to allow oil drilling in Alaska&#039;s  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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The House rushed late Friday to pass pension legislation meant to give retirees greater financial security and prevent airlines from dumping their plans on the government. After a year of delays and missed deadlines, the bill could be on the president's desk as early as next week.
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By Staff and Wire Reports  The bill would delay legal action for waterway cleanup by as long as 18 years.
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House Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Republican-controlled Congress to punish oil companies that won't renegotiate faulty drilling leases issued by the government almost a decade ago that have allowed companies to avoid paying billions in oil and gas royalties.
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Lawmakers at the Senate have delayed a controversial bill that would make it easier to sue online file-trading networks because there is too much opposition to it.
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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 House voted overwhelmingly Friday to delay for 17 months new rules requiring passports for U.S. land and sea travelers entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; House Republicans on Monday reversed a decision, made less than two months ago, that would have allowed Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas to remain in his leadership post if he was indicted by a grand jury in his home state.
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Congressional action on legislation  to pressure China into raising the value of its currency could  be delayed until October because of other pending issues,  congressional aides said on Tuesday.
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Some Virginia officials no doubt are applauding the U.S. House Appropriations Committee's rejection Thursday of a proposal to lift the moratorium that bans oil and gas drilling off the nation's Outer Continental Shelf.  As well they should.
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LONDON  - Royal Dutch/Shell said it would delay a vote on its plans to switch to a single-board structure, to June next year, after initially scheduling a ballot for April 2005.