December 16, 2015
CONFUSION TO THE ENEMY:
U.S. leaders agree to lift 4-decade ban on oil exports (Rick Jervis, 12/16/15, USA TODAY)
A bill to lift the 40-year-old ban on U.S. oil exports, changing the dynamic of U.S. producers in the world energy market, could be pushed through Congress by week's end thanks to a deal reached this week.The measure was folded into a massive tax-and-spending bill that averted another government shutdown. The move was favored by Republican lawmakers and oil industry leaders.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 16, 2015 9:31 PM