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Delay and uncertainty over the next offshore leasing program has put the U.S. in the unprecedented position of having a substantial gap in between congressionally mandated leasing programs for the first time since the process started in the early 1980s.

The 73 million acre sale — one of the nation’s largest ever — being held by the Interior Department on Wednesday was one of several required under the Democrats’ climate law as a concession to Senator Joe Manchin to secure the bill’s passage in the Senate.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) castigated the Biden administration for falling behind on advancing a new offshore oil and gas leasing program after the Interior Department said it needs until December to finalize the plan, deepening the conflict between him and President Joe Biden.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has "no discretion" on whether to carry out previously canceled offshore oil and gas lease sales because of changes in law enacted through Democrats Inflation Reduction Act, the agency said Thursday, a setback for environmental groups demanding an end to new leasing.

Abraham lincoln and winston churchill and it is not enough to defend this record. the biggest problem for obama is making promises. cut the deficit in half, didnt half. said he would cut health care premiums $25 and it didnt happen. gas prices have doubled. he didnt spend one minute talking about new policies for the next four years. four years it was hope and change. now it is destroy, attack, divide, lie about governor romneys record. >> this affects your state of louisiana because the earlier...

>> gretchen: bring your rain boots. mitt romney says he knows how it make u.s. make us and the u.s. energy independent by 2020. it will create millions of jobs. peter doocy live in washington with more on his newly vealed plan. hi, peter. >> mitt romney says his plan would create more than 3 million jobs, including a million in manufacturing by the end of his second term as president in 2020, while also strengthening national security and the way it does both those things at the same time, he sa...

Infrastructure and nancy pelosi would not even allow a single vote on that amendment. ive been pushing our leadership here in the house, john boehner and eric cantor, to allow for a six-year highway bill to move forward. now, why is a six-year highway bill significant? number one, its about $400 billion to $500 billion of infrastructure investment, close to ten times what the president wants to spend, number one. number two, its over six years, so the infrastructure community, the construction i...

Would have doubled the amount in the presidents original stimulus bill to be spent on infrastructure and nancy pelosi would not even allow a single vote on that amendment. ive been pushing our leadership here in the house, john boehner and eric cantor, to allow for a six-year highway bill to move forward. now, why is a six-year highway bill significant? number one, its about $400 billion to $500 billion of infrastructure investment, close to ten times what the president wants to spend, number on...

The same reason president obama hasnt advocated for a six-year highway bill is the same reason that the republican leadership hasnt offered the plan, is because youve got to come up with a way to pay for it. john boehner a few weeks ago in a speech here in d.c. said hes looking at doing a six-year highway bill using the current gas tax coupled with revenue from offshore leasing of offshore drilling rights. i dont care what the pay fors are, but ronald reagan passed one, bill clinton passed one, ...