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Here's how some major bills fared recently in Congress and how local congressional members voted, as provided by Thomas Voting Reports. NV means Not Voting.
Senate Votes
GULF OF MEXICO DRILLING
For: 71 / Against: 25
The Senate passed a bill (S 3711) to open about 8.34 million acres in the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling. Located in or near the Lease Sale 181 tract, the acreage is projected to hold up to 1.26 billion barrels of oil and 5.83 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The bill sets a 125-mile buffer zone between the Florida coast and the drilling area. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas would receive 37.5 percent of royalties paid by energy companies, with the U.S. Treasury and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund receiving the remainder. Under existing law, drilling is permitted on the outer continental shelf only in the western Gulf of Mexico and off the Alaskan coast.
A yes vote was to pass the bill.
MARYLAND
Y
N
NV
Mikulski (D)
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