Mollohan - I was for it, .... but I voted against it.

Mollohan votes to kill expanded drilling measure

But lawmaker says he favors the concept

Congressman Alan Mollohan sided with eight other Democrats in temporarily killing a measure that would have allowed expanded offshore oil drilling in an attempt to curb rising fuel costs.

But Mollohan's spokesman said the congressman actually supports the idea and voted against the measure for procedural reasons.

Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., tried to pass an amendment to the Interior Department spending bill that would have lifted a 27-year moratorium on oil drilling in the outer continental shelf - which lies between 50 and 200 miles off U.S. coasts and is under federal government jurisdiction.

http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/200806130180

SamCogar wrote:

Mollohan votes to kill expanded drilling measure

But lawmaker says he favors the concept

Congressman Alan Mollohan sided with eight other Democrats in temporarily killing a measure that would have allowed expanded offshore oil drilling in an attempt to curb rising fuel costs.

But Mollohan's spokesman said the congressman actually supports the idea and voted against the measure for procedural reasons.

Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., tried to pass an amendment to the Interior Department spending bill that would have lifted a 27-year moratorium on oil drilling in the outer continental shelf - which lies between 50 and 200 miles off U.S. coasts and is under federal government jurisdiction.

http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/200806130180

He must have good friends in oil rich places.

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