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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Community Post: Dems Cave in on Offshore Oil

Received this from a concerned reader. -- Sara

Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set off by $4 a gallon gasoline prices this summer.

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