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Gulf Coast Senators Landrieu, Nelson Clash Over Oil Spill
By David Sessions - Politics DailyWords flew between Democratic Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Bill Nelson of Florida over their divergent responses to the oil spill that will affect industries in both of their states, The Hill reports. Both are considered moderates, but their disagreement comes over which industry should be protected in the spill's aftermath: tourism, one of Florida's biggest income generators, or off-shore drilling, Louisiana's largest industry. Landrieu, the more conservative of the two, defended the oil industry last week, saying the explosion at a BP drilling rig was tragic but unlikely to happen ...
Sen. Bill Nelson Wants Stop to New Offshore Drilling As Oil Spill Worsens
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAs a massive oil slick made its way toward the Gulf Coast Thursday, Florida's senior senator called on President Obama to put a emergency moratorium on all new offshore oil drilling. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, also introduced a bill to stop the Obama administration from moving forward with a plan to expand offshore oil drilling to the area of the Outer Continental Shelf. In a letter to the president, Nelson specifically asked for an immediate halt to operations on test wells and exploratory activities in all coastal waters until the cause of the Deep Water test well spill is known. That ...
Top 10 Lists of 2009 Google Searches Dominated by Democrats, but Not Obama
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyGoogle on Tuesday released the top searches within the United States for 2009; the results are surprising and interesting. The top Google searches for senators show that people are more interested in reading about Democrats than Republicans -- only Chuck Grassley of Iowa at No. 9 made the list for the GOP. And it also shows that people are doing more searches for senators with key roles in legislation than for senators caught up in scandals. No surprise, Ted Kennedy tops the Senate Google searches, as he died this year. Second on the Senate list is Nelson, but the Google people don't tell us ...
Reform Plan Contradicts Clinton Campaign
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIn a speech before the Florida State Senate, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary race, announced plans to introduce a Federal presidential election reform plan that contains features at odds with the Clinton campaign's rationale for securing the nomination. Nelson's plan would establish regional primaries that would take place between March and June and would rotate in order, eliminating the influence of early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire. It would also allow early voting in all states and absentee voting for any reason, ...
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