Monday, July 28, 2008

House Majority Leader Refuses To Take Position On Oil Drilling

At his weekly Pen and Pad Briefing, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD refused to answer a Capital Hill Reporter's repeated question about whether he would vote to expand off shore drilling.

While gasoline hovers around $4.00 per gallon and polls show a majority of Americans support expanded domestic oil drilling, Republicans have pushed the issue on Capital Hill, demanding for instance, a vote to lift the Congressional ban on offshore drilling.

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