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In response to BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama immediately placed a six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling efforts, a move which affected 33 deep-water drilling projects. While many people initially applauded Obama's decision, public sentiment in the ...

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders hopes to use the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf to help garner support for legislation he recently introduced. If passed, the bill would place a permanent ban on offshore drilling and increase fuel efficiency ...

The John McCain presidential campaign has started running a new TV ad in Michigan that simultaneously tries to pander to everyone. Earlier this year, while campaigning in the primaries, he told voters in Michigan and Ohio that "those (manufacturing) jobs aren't coming back." In that bygone era of ...