Subject: [big campaign] More evidence that Bush and McCain are the same:
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:59:44 -0400
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Bush wants to allow offshore drilling for oil

AP foreign, Tuesday June 17

2008 WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush plans a renewed push to get Congress
to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling.

With oil prices soaring and motorists paying $4 a gallon for gasoline,
political pressures have been growing for more domestic oil and gas
production.

White House press secretary Dana Perino tells The Associated Press that
Bush believes Congress shouldn't waste any more time. She says that on
Wednesday the president will urge lawmakers to lift the ban on offshore
drilling.

Congressional Democrats have opposed lifting those prohibitions. The ban
has been in effect for more than 80 percent of federal Outer Continental
Shelf waters for more than a quarter-century and includes both the East and
West coasts.

David Willett
National Press Secretary
Sierra Club
(202) 675-6698 (w)
(202) 491-6919 (m)[email-masked] www.sierraclub.org

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