House Republicans block use-it-or-lose-it bill for leaseholders on federal land

House Republicans blocked Democrats June 26 from requiring oil and gas companies to drill on the millions of acres of government land and water on which they already own federal leases. Seeking to counter a push by congressional Republicans to lift a long-standing drilling ban on most offshore U.S.....

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