This story about a fight within Michigan's Congressional delegation over whether a federal law should ban oil and gas drilling makes the whole thing sound like a difference of philosophy. Maybe it is, and maybe it's not. The reporter failed to mention that Mike Rogers, who killed the amendment to ban drilling, received $28,300 for his 2004 reelection from the oil and gas industry, more than any other Michigan Congressperson. He also voted to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. Apparently he doesn't mind "federalizing" some ecosystems.
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050513/NEWS01/505130380/1001/news
Posted by Dave at May 13, 2005 03:21 PM