“….The House passed the bill 266 to 149, with Virginia’s Republicans voting in favor. It would force the government to conduct three lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the Atlantic Coast within a year, or by June 2012. But the bill does not provide royalties for the state.
The bill is likely to face stiff opposition in the Democratic-led Senate.”
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