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Bush Lifts Ban on Offshore Drilling

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President Bush today lifted a presidential ban on offshore oil drilling on the outer continental shelf that was implemented by his father, escalating a confrontation with Democrats in Congress over how to cope with soaring gasoline prices.

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Lifting the executive moratorium has no immediate practical effect, because Congress enacted its own prohibition on offshore drilling in 1981. It would have be to rescinded for exploration to proceed.

Bush first called on Congress to lift its drilling ban last month, saying he would simultaneously rescind the executive ban issued by his father in 1990. But he said today that he decided to act now because Democrats have failed to schedule any hearings or take the issue seriously.
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