By Washington Post Editorial
Speaker Pelosi won't let the House debate the merits of offshore drilling.
Speaker Pelosi won't let the House debate the merits of offshore drilling.
Friday, July 25, 2008; A20
WHY NOT have a vote on offshore drilling? There's a serious debate to be had over whether Congress should lift the ban on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf that has been in place since 1981. Unfortunately, you won't be hearing it in the House of Representatives -- certainly, you won't find lawmakers voting on it -- anytime soon.
Instead of dealing with the issue on the merits, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D-Calif.), a staunch opponent of offshore drilling, has simply decreed
that she will not allow a drilling vote to take place on the House
floor. Why not?
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