The BP oil spill reaction in the Congress grows.
Source: cqpolitics.com
"Florida Democrat Bill Nelson, who has been one of the most vocal opponents of new offshore drilling, has introduced legislation to do both. One bill would halt new exploratory wells such as the exploded Deepwater Horizon, until an investigation of the current disaster is complete. Another would dramatically raise the cap on an oil company’s liability for economic damages in a spill from $75 million to $10 billion.
Drilling opponents such as Nelson also hope to gain momentum for stronger measures, such as repealing President Obama’s recent proposal to allow oil and gas exploration off the southern Atlantic coast.
“The president’s proposal for offshore drilling of the coast of the southeast United States is D.O.A.,” Nelson said at a press conference Tuesday morning." More...
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