The House pulled the offshore drilling bill from today’s agenda, but what is this really about? Is it Big Oil? (Washington Post)
Foes of offshore drilling hoped that today’s move spelled the end of efforts to get the bill passed. “Let’s hope this is the end of Congress’ fling with Big Oil and that we can make a fresh start to achieving true energy security with the new year and the new Congress,” Athan Manuel of the Sierra Club said in a statement.
For people along the Gulf Coast, and especially those in Louisiana, I suspect pulling the bill will underscore what they already perceive as complete indifference to their situation… because this was, in large part, about them. More here.