oil drilling

September 23, 2008 - 4:58pm

Feinstein takes House Democrats to the woodshed after they caved to pressure to lift ban on coastal oil drilling

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

WASHINGTON - California's senior U.S. Senator, Dianne Feinstein, took fellow Democrats in the House to the woodshed late Tuesday after they were seen to have caved to Republican pressure to begin oil exploration immediately off the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines.

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July 11, 2008 - 3:12pm

McNerney demanding retraction from Andal over drilling stance printed on door hanger

By Jeff Mitchell, PolitickerCA.com Editor

U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney: Campaign photo U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney: Campaign photoA representative of U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney, (D-Pleasanton) complained Friday that a piece of campaign literature being distributed last week by GOP challenger Dean Andal deliberately lies about the freshman congressman's position on domestic oil exploration.

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