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Bush: Congress should allow more offshore drilling

2008-09-07T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON President Bush says if Congress doesn't permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices, lawmakers should not expect voters to support them in November.In his Saturday radio address, Bush said

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Bush: Congress should allow more offshore drilling

2008-09-07T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON — President Bush says if Congress doesn't permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices, lawmakers should not expect voters to support them in November. In his Saturday radio address, Bush said

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Bush to Congress: Back offshore drilling or else

2008-09-07T00:00:00Z

At the Republicans' convention last week, an attendee wore a T-shirt in support of oil drilling. WASHINGTON - President Bush said that if Congress didn't permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices,

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Dems Have Plan That Includes Offshore Drilling

2008-09-06T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON -- In a three-week session before breaking for the November elections, House Democrats plan to push an energy plan that will include a limited expansion of offshore drilling. In the party's weekly radio address, U.S. Rep. John Larson of

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Dems Have Plan That Includes Offshore Drilling

2008-09-06T00:00:00Z

Bush to Democrats: Lift ban on offshore drilling or risk losing the election

2008-09-06T00:00:00Z

Congress returns next week after an August recess filled with political conventions and the sights and sounds of Republican rebels extolling the virtues of offshore oil drilling from a darkened House floor. They're in town for a three-week session

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Bush: Anti-Offshore Drilling Lawmakers Could Lose Seats

2008-09-06T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON President Bush says if Congress doesn't permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices, lawmakers should not expect voters to support them in November. In his Saturday radio address, Bush said

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Dems Push Plan With Offshore Drilling Component

2008-09-06T00:00:00Z

Bush: Congress should allow more offshore drilling

2008-09-06T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush says if Congress doesn't permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices, lawmakers should not expect voters to support them in November. In his Saturday radio address, Bush said

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Bush: Congress should allow more offshore drilling

2008-09-06T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON - President Bush says if Congress doesn't permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices, lawmakers should not expect voters to support them in November. In his Saturday radio address, Bush said

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Bush: Congress should allow more offshore drilling

2008-09-06T00:00:00Z

President Bush says if Congress doesnt permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices, lawmakers should not expect voters to support them in November.

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Bush pushes offshore drilling

2008-09-06T00:00:00Z

President Bush says if Congress doesn't permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices, lawmakers should not expect voters to support them in November.

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Social Studies: Animal House

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

Congressman John Larson hosted a standing-room only viewing party of Barack Obamaâ€™s presidential nomination acceptance speech at The Artists Collective, ...

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If You'll Take My Couch, I'll Vote For You

2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he introduced Congressman John Larson. Larson â€” I want to be the first journalist to break this story â€” is turning into a black man. ...

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Diverse Crowd At Artists Collective Celebrates Obama

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

... big-screen TV and an overflow room with TV monitors to accommodate the crowds â€” was organized by the campaign of US Rep. John Larson from East Hartford. ...

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Former Hartford Mayors Again Witnesses To History

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

But their lives had crossed well before their 1980s claim to the mayor's office. They were among the hundreds of thousands who marched on Washington with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. They were there when King made a speech that would gain unforeseen

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Diverse Crowd At Artists Collective Celebrates Obama

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

Bill Brown, 92, cheers Barack Obama on while watching at the Artists Collective in Hartford. Brown, founding director of the Urban League of Greater Hartford, and about 300 others gathered at the collective to watch the speech on a large-screen TV. A

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City Going Forward With Plans For Convention Center

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

By John Larson SOCORRO, New Mexico (STPNS) -- The Socorro City Council voted Aug. 18 to move ahead with plans to build a state-of-the-art rodeo facility and ...

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Obama Arrives for His Moment

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ask Sen. Barack Obamas boss what the Illinois Democrat must do tonight before a cheering crowd of thousands to ensure residency at the White House next January, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) is loath to give his younger colleague any

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Obama Arrives for His Moment

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

â€œI donâ€™t think this is a wonkish night,â€ said Rep. John Larson (Conn.), vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. Added Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala. ...

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