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Eugene

(61,874 posts) Tue Sep 15, 2015, 02:43 PM Sep 2015

White House does not back House bill to repeal oil export ban

Source: Reuters

Politics | Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:07pm EDT

White House does not back House bill to repeal oil export ban

WASHINGTON

The White House said on Tuesday that it does not support a move by the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal a 40-year-old ban on exports of crude oil.

"This is a policy decision that is made over at the Commerce Department, and for that reason, we wouldn't support legislation like the one that's been put forward by Republicans," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters at a briefing.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Susan Heavey; Editing by Eric Walsh)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/15/usa-oil-exports-whitehouse-idUSKCN0RF2AV20150915

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White House does not back House bill to repeal oil export ban (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2015 OP

That's an interesting argument FBaggins Sep 2015 #1

It's all about who gets the bribes, kickbacks and other immoral corrupt rewards. Nihil Sep 2015 #2

FBaggins

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1. That's an interesting argument

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 03:01 PM

Sep 2015

It isn't that they oppose exporting oil... it's that they think the executive branch should be in charge of the decision?

Nihil

(13,508 posts)

2. It's all about who gets the bribes, kickbacks and other immoral corrupt rewards.

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 07:51 AM

Sep 2015

Nothing to do with due process or party politics and certainly nothing to
do with the environment.

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