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Bush Urges Lifting of Offshore Oil Drilling Ban

HeadlineJun 18, 2008

President Bush is expected to call on Congress today to lift a nearly three-decade ban on offshore oil drilling to combat the rising price of gas. Bush’s speech comes just days after Senator John McCain called for the ban to be lifted. On Monday, Senator Barack Obama said there is no evidence that lifting the ban on oil drilling would provide relief to consumers. Bush also wants Congress to open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, a move that both McCain and Obama oppose.

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