Posted on 05/03/2006 2:14:34 PM PDT by Cindy_Cin
- Congressional Democrats unveiled their energy policy Tuesday, but party leaders from the Senate and the House of Representatives could not agree on when -- or even if -- the U.S. would achieve independence from foreign oil.
"Democrats have real plans that would end our dependence on foreign oil in the long term -- and we intend to do it within 10 years," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the beginning of the event.
Just a few minutes later, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), who was identified at the press conference as "the Senate Democrats' point person on energy issues," made her own prediction, but it was far different from the one delivered by Pelosi: "In the days and months ahead, Democrats will continue our work to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 40 percent over the next 15 years."
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Does this mean Sen. Maria Cantwell will finally support drilling in the Coastal Plain of ANWR?
got their bases covered, I'd say.
If the party of traitors wasn't so dangerous they would be the greatest comic relief on the planet because they when they aren't sulfuric demagogues they are definitely stand up comedians.
Shockingly embarassing.
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