Didn't the Senate pass something regarding oil exploration in ANWR yesterday?
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They tried but the Dem's out voted them so we will continue to pay high prices for gas,Blame the LIBS,Dem's!
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Is this on Bush's list?\nMaybe he should make a test first, nuking, let's say, Texas, to see if you can actually see the oil.\n\n(just sarcasm, no offense meant)
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No, it didn't even make it for a vote in the Senate. The House is supposedly going to try and pass it eventually, but without even a majoirty in the Senate there's no way it will ever pass. Even if it did, 3/4 of the states don't want it to pass.
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Yes there has.  Due to the falling price of wholesale crude on the international commodities market, OPEC announced an intent to cut back production of crude.  Further, as we head into winter months, heating oils and diesel fuel (for shipping of goods) has a spike in consumption.\n\nWhat this means is the volatility of the crude, fuel, gasoline, and heating oil markets are directly effected by the speculators on the market itself.  What you are seeing is a market response to speculator manipulation of the price.  It has nothing to do with the elections, just brokers and individual investors trying to make a quick buck.\n\nThe best response to this would be a massive investment in the ability of the US market to refine a greater quantity of our imported crude, and to explore even greater quantities of crude from domestic sources.
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don't confuse liberals with the truth,  Bush is in the oil business, so liberals want something to attack bush on, and lies work well if told loud enougn  and long enough\n\nThe government over all ( congress) does control the oil industry,  they tell them where they can drill and where they can't.  They tell them how they can drill,  they control how the oil has to be transported, stored and treated.\n\nSo in basics, there is no way for them to complete really against each other using any different method, since they are all controled.  And they all pay about the same price for imported oil\n\nAnd oil companies are making alot of profit now because they can't explore for oil hardly anywhere,  off shore of Fla and California have been blocked in court,  they can't in alot of alaska.\n\nAnd if you look not at the total billions profit, but look at the precent of profit,  it is so low that if they were not that big, they would close,  if a store or other business operated at the percent of profit oil companies do they would be considered operating poorly.  It is only thier pure size that makes them appear to be making such a big profit.
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Not quite yet. There has to be a confirmation that the Dems took both MT and VA to make good on it
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We weren't.  What happened is that the British company that held the contract to manage the ports was purchased by Dubai World Imports, a port management company owned by the UAE.  This led to worries that the UAE would use access to the ports as a way to sneak terrorists into the country. Congress was simply trying to decide wether to get out of the contract and go with another company or maintain the status quo.\n\nThe ports are still owned by the United States and security is handled by the Coast Guard.  The management company only handles day to day operations.\n\nWe are looking for a management company now, because the UAE has withdrawn any claims to that contract.
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He conceded!  \n\nDidn't have a small enough margin to call for a recount. And Allen is due to concede, as well, so it's officially a Democratic majority in the Senate!
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Ofcourse there is. The US oil wells are running dry now. Oil companies need to buy new wells and hence look for other geographical locations. Oil is the only reason for wars by US led in the Gulf or Asia.
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In some places, the environment was a campaign issue.   The Chairman of the House Resources Committee, Richard Pombo (R-CA-11), lost his seat because of his agenda to sell national parks, gut the Endangered Species Act, and drill in ANWR.  Environmental groups threw money and support behind Jerry McNerney, an alternative energy engineer who won the seat.\n\nFor further evidence, look at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which for years was Chaired by James Inhofe (R-OK), who thinks global warming is a hoax.  When the Democrats take control in January, the new Chairwoman is Barbara Boxer (D-CA), who believes global warming is the most important issue facing our generation.\n\nEven though the environment was drowned out by issues like the Iraq War and immigration, there is still a big difference between the environmental agenda of Republicans and Democrats.  Still, with a slim majority and a Republican President with veto power, don't expect too much change right away.
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Our President sometimes speaks out of context and he doesn't always complete a thought. The sentence you are referring to was clarified the day after the speech was given. An energy bill that encourages consumption of other resources is needed to take away our dependence on foreign oil.
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The bill has not left the committe, and at this point it most likely won't. It's not possible to know why it hasn't left the committe or what different members of the committee think of the bill, since their meetings are generally not public.
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no dates yet, the bill hasn't passed though the House yet, and until it does it isn't Law./
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look for Senator Waxman to look into this and other issues regarding military and defense contracts by spring 07\nThe republican controlled senate has only devoted 12 hours of testimony towards Haliburtons massive fraud this is totally unacceptable.\n\nChairwoman Susan Collins (R-Maine) has steadfastly refused to hold hearings on the issue in the more than two years since the start of the war in Iraq, despite — Collins says because of — multiple executive branch investigations of Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root. \n\n“We should not be in our committee spineless,” Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) said in a recent interview. “We should go ahead and investigate this.” \n\nSince May 9, 2003, Lautenberg, a junior member of the panel, has sent five letters to Collins requesting hearings on various alleged misdeeds of KBR and Halliburton . \n\nIn his most recent letter on April 26, Lautenberg outlined several issues the committee could probe, including: \n\n• An April 2005 State Department report that found major cost overruns and “poor performance” by Halliburton on a $1.2 billion contract to repair Iraqi oil fields. \n\n• The Defense Department’s decision to override its own auditors when it decided in February not to withhold payments from Halliburton until questions about overcharges were answered. \n\n• Allegations by an Army Corps of Engineers whistleblower that Halliburton was unfairly and improperly awarded its no-bid contract with the U.S. government. \n\n• Findings by Pentagon auditors that Halliburton overcharged the government $61 million for gasoline imports in Iraq as well as $27.4 million for troops’ meals in Iraq. \n\n• Allegations that Halliburton employees received $6.3 million in kickbacks from Kuwaiti businessmen in exchange for subcontracting deals. \n\n• Allegations that KBR employees abandoned trucks, each costing $85,000, due to flat tires and other repairable problems.
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This has been in the works for years , but why haven't  the American People been told , you say ? Well they don't want you to know till it's to late to do anything about it . Congress has known for a long time . This is a " bi-partisan effort . . The plan is to import goods from Mexico to Canada , with only one customs check  at a facility being built in Kansas City . \nA rail tracks and pipelines for oil and natural gas would run alongside the Superhighway .  \nThis is the scariest thing I've ever heard of . . Look it up ,people !!!!
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The bill has been brought before the parliament but they havn't decided yet.\n\nMost supporters of the vice prez oppose it but the prez supporters support it. Most of the state governors support it too.
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It is still in the works, so it hasn't been turned down completely, but the senate has been delaying "S 2454"  The text of the bill can be found here:\nhttp://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.2454: