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Offshore Drilling Is Coming to a Vote

Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, look on as House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., right, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats, balancing political reality against a policy they have long opposed, are on the cusp of approving legislation that would open the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to oil drilling as close as 50 miles offshore.

Posted in Energy, Politics