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Lift the Offshore Drilling Ban Before Congress' Summer Recess

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US CONGRESS
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%uFFFDLift The Offshore Drilling Ban
Before Congress%uFFFD Summer Recess%uFFFD
 
Your Sponsor:  Grassfire.org

The gas crisis threatens to cripple our economy because our nation%uFFFDs leaders have failed to move America toward energy independence. The first vital step is to expand our domestic capacity. The President has lifted the Executive Order banning additional offshore oil drilling, but Congress continues to drag its feet.

Grassfire is launching this National Petition demanding that Congress lift the legislative and funding ban on Offshore Oil Drilling BEFORE the August recess.

No Summer Holiday For Congress Unless The Offshore Drilling Ban Is Lifted!
Congress%uFFFD month-long summer recess is scheduled to begin August 9. Join tens of thousands of citizens who are demanding action by Congress BEFORE they break for summer. In fact, Grassfire is asking members of Congress to PLEDGE to stay in session this summer until the life on offshore drilling ban is passed.

As a concerned citizen, I am outraged that Congress is dragging its feet on the first vital step to U.S. energy independence -- increasing domestic oil production. I am signing this Citizen Petition calling on Congress to lift the federal moratorium on offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf before the scheduled August recess (August 9). In addition, I am calling on members of Congress to PLEDGE to stay in session this summer until the ban is lifted.

I also call on Congress to aggressively pursue legislation for energy independence that centers on: (check all that apply)

  NO ANWR BAN: Removing restrictions to exploration and production in currently prohibited areas in Northern Alaska such as ANWR   OIL AND SHALE: Lifting barriers to Oil Shale exploration and production.   NATURAL GAS: Expand exploration and production of America%uFFFDs vast natural gas resource and use this resource to reduce our foreign dependence.   NUCLEAR: Significantly expanding our domestic nuclear energy capacity by building more nuclear power plants.   MORE REFINING: Expanding our domestic refining capability, thereby freeing the U.S. to import less refined energy product.
%uFFFDLift The Offshore Drilling Ban
Before Congress%uFFFD Summer Recess%uFFFD
 
Your Sponsor:  Grassfire.org

The gas crisis threatens to cripple our economy because our nation%uFFFDs leaders have failed to move America toward energy independence. The first vital step is to expand our domestic capacity. The President has lifted the Executive Order banning additional offshore oil drilling, but Congress continues to drag its feet.

Grassfire is launching this National Petition demanding that Congress lift the legislative and funding ban on Offshore Oil Drilling BEFORE the August recess.

No Summer Holiday For Congress Unless The Offshore Drilling Ban Is Lifted!
Congress%uFFFD month-long summer recess is scheduled to begin August 9. Join tens of thousands of citizens who are demanding action by Congress BEFORE they break for summer. In fact, Grassfire is asking members of Congress to PLEDGE to stay in session this summer until the life on offshore drilling ban is passed.

As a concerned citizen, I am outraged that Congress is dragging its feet on the first vital step to U.S. energy independence -- increasing domestic oil production. I am signing this Citizen Petition calling on Congress to lift the federal moratorium on offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf before the scheduled August recess (August 9). In addition, I am calling on members of Congress to PLEDGE to stay in session this summer until the ban is lifted.

I also call on Congress to aggressively pursue legislation for energy independence that centers on: (check all that apply)

  NO ANWR BAN: Removing restrictions to exploration and production in currently prohibited areas in Northern Alaska such as ANWR   OIL AND SHALE: Lifting barriers to Oil Shale exploration and production.   NATURAL GAS: Expand exploration and production of America%uFFFDs vast natural gas resource and use this resource to reduce our foreign dependence.   NUCLEAR: Significantly expanding our domestic nuclear energy capacity by building more nuclear power plants.   MORE REFINING: Expanding our domestic refining capability, thereby freeing the U.S. to import less refined energy product.
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We signed the "Lift the Offshore Drilling Ban Before Congress' Summer Recess" petition!
# 48:
6:00 pm PDT, Aug 7, Alpesh Soni, Connecticut
I think right now, oil prices are very high and due to that economy is very bad. I think to reduce oil price will reduce other prices and it will help to improve economy too. Thanks and have a nice day
# 47:
3:35 pm PDT, Aug 6, Ruth Longwell, Oklahoma
# 46:
9:28 am PDT, Aug 6, Kevin Brosnahan, Delaware
# 45:
4:55 pm PDT, Aug 1, William Walsh, Pennsylvania
This is getting crazy. 75% of Americans favor this and want relief now. Bush lifting the ban has helped cause the speculation that this may become a reality and the price of a barrel of crude has dropped over $20. Get back to work and get this done already!
# 44:
11:34 am PDT, Aug 1, Ron Paul, Texas
# 43:
11:34 am PDT, Aug 1, Ron Paul, Texas
# 42:
8:49 am PDT, Aug 1, Mary Getz, Texas
# 41:
7:56 pm PDT, Jul 31, Name not displayed, Ohio
It's really great that we're preserving our country so well. If only I could afford the gas to go see it.
# 40:
6:05 pm PDT, Jul 31, Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 39:
5:14 pm PDT, Jul 31, Ed Samuels, New York
# 38:
4:57 pm PDT, Jul 31, Biral Patel, New Jersey
Please approve offshore drilling bill so that i have to pay less for gas
# 37:
1:39 pm PDT, Jul 31, Stanley Guerra, Louisiana
# 36:
1:16 pm PDT, Jul 31, Yvonne Howland Price, Oregon
Give OUR country the ability to develop it's own sources of energy. Congress does not deserve a vacation - it has accomplished nothing.
# 35:
3:54 pm PDT, Jul 30, James Stuart, Florida
# 34:
1:37 pm PDT, Jul 30, Douglas Kim, New Jersey
# 33:
9:41 am PDT, Jul 30, Vidya Sims, California
# 32:
9:06 am PDT, Jul 30, Gregory Donohoe, Ohio
# 31:
5:22 am PDT, Jul 30, Andrew Jackson, Delaware
# 30:
5:06 am PDT, Jul 30, Frank Marcinkoski, South Carolina
Please quit diddle-dallying around. Bring the repeal of the Off Shore Drilling ban to a vote. Show some courage, and maybe yopur approval ratings will reach double-digits!
# 29:
3:41 am PDT, Jul 30, David King, Ohio
Any Congress member not voting for offshore drilling won't be in Congress much longer.
# 28:
7:02 pm PDT, Jul 25, Mary Muhlberger, Wisconsin
# 27:
2:55 pm PDT, Jul 21, Seth Stern, New Jersey
# 26:
2:48 pm PDT, Jul 21, Richard Bartholomew, Florida
# 25:
1:58 pm PDT, Jul 21, AL MARTINEZ, Pennsylvania
WITH $4 PLUS A GALLON FOR GAS AND $4.50 PLUS FOR HOME HEATING OIL, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HURTING. IF YOU LIFT THE BAN - PRICES WILL FALL IMMEDIATELY.
# 24:
11:09 am PDT, Jul 21, Jack Tate, Florida
# 23:
7:51 am PDT, Jul 21, Carrie Hall, Pennsylvania
# 22:
1:17 am PDT, Jul 21, Allen Treadway, Pennsylvania
Do something now, people are sick of the gas prices, most cannot afford to do anything but work!!
# 21:
10:54 pm PDT, Jul 20, Jocelyne Annie Strokowski, Canada
# 20:
5:47 pm PDT, Jul 20, PATRICE BONILLA-SEXTON, Pennsylvania
# 19:
10:18 am PDT, Jul 20, Kenneth Johnson, Pennsylvania
# 18:
8:47 am PDT, Jul 20, Robert Rinier, Pennsylvania
No Summer Holiday For Congress Unless The Offshore Drilling Ban Is Lifted! Congress� month-long summer recess is scheduled to begin August 9. Join tens of thousands of citizens who are demanding action by Congress BEFORE they break for summer. In fact, Grassfire is asking members of Congress to PLEDGE to stay in session this summer until the life on offshore drilling ban is passed.
# 17:
1:22 am PDT, Jul 20, ELAINE ROBINSON, United Kingdom
# 16:
8:03 pm PDT, Jul 19, Marc JOHNSON, Iowa
# 15:
3:47 pm PDT, Jul 19, Carla Shiver, New Jersey
# 14:
10:47 am PDT, Jul 19, Daniel White, Texas
Definitely agree. It is a must unless the Bilderberg group has planned otherwise.
# 13:
9:43 am PDT, Jul 19, Ginger Geronimo, Alabama
# 12:
9:11 am PDT, Jul 19, Octavia James, New York
# 11:
8:58 am PDT, Jul 19, Glenda Jasper, California
Stop this Maddness..Give Our Planet a Chance to Recoup, with all this drilling and pounding of Mother Earth, she will retaliate on us all!
# 10:
8:04 am PDT, Jul 19, Theodore Martin, Nevada
# 9:
7:07 am PDT, Jul 19, Name not displayed, New York
# 8:
3:25 am PDT, Jul 19, Carl Harless, Michigan
Speaker of the house and the rest of congress should not be using President Bush as a reason for not lifting the ban on offshore drilling they should be thinking of what the people of the USA need,we voted them in and we can petition to remove them from Congress
# 6:
1:56 am PDT, Jul 19, Steve Klein, Canada
# 5:
8:42 pm PDT, Jul 18, Pam Boland, Georgia
# 4:
7:49 pm PDT, Jul 18, Gary Roush, Wisconsin
You say that we won't get anything out of this for 5-7 years-----if that's true the sooner we get started the better
# 3:
6:54 pm PDT, Jul 18, Steve Dale, Australia
THIS WILL KILL THE PLANET AND MORE SPECIES IF YOU DRILL MORE FOR OIL,OIL IS THE PROBLEM AND NOT THE SOLUTION.
# 2:
6:04 pm PDT, Jul 18, Leslie Kenton, California
# 1:
5:09 pm PDT, Jul 18, Frank Herrmann, Florida
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