After a heated debate over the drilling provision the House Resources Committee voted 29 to 19 to kill a Democratic amendment to ban exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
As the fight over gasoline prices reached the floors of both the House and Senate, the Democratic initiative to spur exploration in areas where drilling has been sanctioned fell short of the margin needed under rules used to bring the measure to the floor even though it drew majority support.
Our finding that the association is strongest in social democratic countries deserves further exploration.
"The possibility of surveillance, whether direct or through access to records of speech, research and exploration, undermines a democratic society," it continues.
Mr. Malloy resumed his gubernatorial explorations on Monday, visiting the Democratic town committee in Madison, about a 50-mile drive away.
But by opening the mid-Atlantic region, from Delaware south to Central Florida, for oil exploration, Mr. Obama angered New Jersey's two Democratic senators, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, who have been generally supportive of Mr. Obama's push for climate legislation.
H. Carl McCall, the Democratic state comptroller, has begun a cautious but serious exploration of a run for governor against George E. Pataki in 2002.
The moves towards possible oil exploration in Virunga national park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been condemned by the UK government and by the World Wildlife Fund.
The newly-minted Democratic nominee relented from his former opposition to offshore oil exploration and drilling but said that this was only a "stop gap measure" to supplement his otherwise green energy policies.
As each Democratic aspirant announces his "exploratory committee," voters should note that the exploration is about bagging money and donors, not ideas and precinct workers.
