GOP poll rise could help Manion
The Intelligencer
The nation’s positive response to John McCain and Sarah Palin at last week’s Republican convention could boost the prospects of Bucks County congressional candidate Tom Manion, poll results suggest.
A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll that gives McCain a 50 percent to 46 percent lead over Democrat Barack Obama also provided a huge swing in attitudes toward Republican congressional candidates and the GOP in general.
Before the political parties held their conventions, the Democrats held a 51-to-42 percent edge on the question: “Which party’s congressional candidate would you vote for?” The Republicans now lead in that category, 50 percent to 45 percent.
And while that question is not specific to Bucks’ 8th District race between Manion, Democratic incumbent Patrick Murphy and independent Tom Lingenfelter, the Republican challenger called it a “good sign.”
“But it is still a long way until Election Day,” cautioned Manion, who was in Pittsburgh Monday filming campaign commercials. “We’re planning to get out and show the voters that we are the best choice for the issues they are concerned about; the energy crisis, the economy, health care and our national security.”
Nat Binns, press secretary for Murphy, had a different take.
“No national poll is going to change the fact that too many families here in Bucks County are struggling,” Binns said. “Pennsylvanians know we cannot afford a third Bush term and that is why Congressman Murphy has joined Democrats and Republicans in fighting for change every single day.”
The new poll, taken Friday though Sunday, was conducted among 1,022 adults, including 959 registered voters. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 points.
Political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia told USA TODAY, “The selection of Sarah Palin has made a big difference.”
However, in an analysis of the impact of political conventions since 1960, Sabato concluded that post-convention polls signal the election’s outcome only about half the time. “You could flip a coin and be about as predictive,” he said. “It is really surprising how quickly convention memories fade.”
McCain had trailed Obama by 7 percentage points before the GOP convention in Minneapolis. The poll showed he narrowed Obama’s wide advantage on handling the economy, by far the electorate’s top issue. Before Minneapolis, Obama was favored by 19 points; now he’s favored by 3.
“We ended the week with a new enthusiasm,” said Paul Lindsay, Pennsylvania spokesman for the McCain campaign. “People who have never volunteered for a political campaign are doing it now. There’s an excitement out there.
“We have a team of mavericks that’s ready to challenge the Washington establishment. At the same time we recognize that this is going to be a close election.”
While Obama spokeswoman Ellen Melody said, “We always knew this race would be close,” she also took a shot at national polls.
“If you go by the polls, you’d have two different candidates running for president today. Both Obama and McCain were written off this time last year,” she said.
Another poll done following the conventions by CNN/Time showed the presidential race deadlocked at 48 percent, largely unchanged from the previous week, when Obama led McCain by 49 percent to 48 percent.
The CNN/Time poll of 1,022 Americans was taken by Opinion Research Corp. and had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
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09/08/2008
The Convention Versus The Clambake
GOP 8th Congressional District hopeful Tom Manion made the rounds at the Annual Billy Meehan Clambake in Northeast Philadelphia. Less than 5 percent of the 8th Congressional district is in Philadelphia. However, this small portion was the deciding factor in the 2006 race. A new face to Philadelphia politics Mr. Manion received an enthusiastic response from the party after being introduced by Speaker Emeritus John Perzel, R-172nd. Mr. Manion spent the afternoon shoring up his support among party leaders, namely City Commissioner Joe Duda, R-Philadelphia, and state Rep. George Kenney,R-170th. Most of the ward committee members in attendance had an opportunity to spend time with the candidate. Mr. Manion opted out of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Instead, he greeted commuters at the Cornwells Heights Train Station and devoted his time to the campaign. His opponent, freshman incumbent U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy was a keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
The Bristol Stomp
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stopped in Bristol for a speaking engagement. State Representative Tony Melio, D-141st, was the master of ceremonies for the “Women Issues” event held at Lower Bucks Hospital. State Treasurer Robin Weissmann, D, was also a speaker and introduced Ms. Albright to the audience. Students from Bristol High School attended as part of a class project. Ms. Albright spoke about the need for party unity within the Democratic ranks. The speech outlined what she felt were to be the top priorities of the next president. Initially, Ms. Albright supported U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., but has joined her fellow Democrats in supporting United States Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. Mr. Obama’s vice presidential pick U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., will be visiting lower Bucks County later this week.
Taubenberger Takes School District To Task
Matt Taubenberger, the GOP candidate for the open seat of retiring State Representative George Kenney, R-170th, lead the charge against the Philadelphia School District and their vendor Camelot School System for proposing a new school in the Fox Chase section of the city. The proposed academic institution was to benefit the school district’s most disciplinary challenged students. The 500 student facility would have occupied the former Orleans Technical Institute building on Rhawn Street. The residents found out about the new school by visiting the School District website. Mr. Taubenberger, a Fox Chase resident and active member of the Fox Chase Homeowners Association took issue with the fact that neither the City nor School District sought resident insight to the proposed school. During the meeting Mr. Taubenberger promised the school district that he would fight the opening of the school. The community overwhelmingly supported Mr. Taubenberger’s belief that the school did not belong in their neighborhood. Officials from both Camelot School System and the School District backed off the idea. The school will be placed at a different location. Mr. Taubenberger enlisted the help of Councilman at-large Frank Rizzo,R, and Councilman Brian O’Neill , R-10th, to help the school find an alternate location.
The Merit Of Murt
State Representative Tom Murt, R-152nd, will be introducing legislation that would help smaller municipalities that rely on volunteer services for emergency services. House Bill 2310 will give volunteer firefighters, fire police and emergency responders in Pennsylvania a break on their local earned income tax. The bill is expected to be voted on this fall and has over sixty legislators lending their names to it.
Not Goode For The GOP
Philadelphia City Councilman at-Large, W. Wilson Goode Jr.,D, is contemplating on introducing legislation for a change to the City Charter. The bill would remove the two minority-party held at-targe council seats from election. The current election procedure has both parties nominating five candidates and the top seven holding a seat in council. Goode proposes that each party still nominate a slate of five and the top five take council seats. The current GOP at-large council members are Frank Rizzo and Jack Kelly. Both men have entered the DROP program but have not officially announced retirement or re-election plans. Taking away these two council seats would cut the GOP elected city officials in half. The other two elected Republican officials are City Commissioner Joe Duda and 10th District City Councilman Brian O’Neill.
Local GOP: Palin ‘our new superstar’
By GARY WECKSELBLATT
Staff Writer
It hasn’t been an easy time to be a Republican, according to Bob Kerns, chairman of the Montgomery County GOP.
“The Republican Party has been beaten up,” Kerns said Thursday. “Everybody’s saying we’re going to lose. This is (Barack) Obama’s year. This is the Democrats’ year.”
And then came Sarah Palin.
The Alaska governor’s speech Wednesday at the Republican National Convention ignited the Xcel Energy Center crowd that included gushing Bucks and Montgomery delegates.
“Electrifying,” Kerns said. “Being there, the reaction was incredible. … She’s our new superstar.”
Pat Poprik, vice chairwoman of the Bucks County Republican Committee and treasurer of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, sat with the state delegation, about 12 rows from the stage.
“I could feel the grit in that woman,” she said. “She was remarkable. Women across the country had to be saying, ‘She’s like me. She drives her kids to practice.’ The air here is palpable.”
Raymond “Skip” Goodnoe, an alternate delegate and former Newtown Township supervisor whose family owned Goodnoe Family Restaurant, a now-closed landmark, called Palin’s speech “galvanizing.”
Palin, John McCain’s surprising pick for vice president, was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, a town of just less than 10,000 people, from 1996 to 2002. After an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002, she was chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004 while also serving as ethics supervisor of the commission.
In November 2006, Palin was elected governor, becoming the first woman and youngest person to hold the office.
Democrats have questioned her qualifications while Republicans have embraced her.
“She made more decisions in her time as governor than Joe Biden did in his 30 years in the Senate,” said longtime Bucks County Recorder of Deeds Ed Gudknecht, a Bucks delegate. “And she had more votes running for mayor than (Joe) Biden did for president.”
Kerns, a Lansdale attorney, dismissed the “unmerciful” criticism that’s been tossed at Palin, calling her a “dynamic person who has a track record.”
He praised her speech, specifically the points relating to energy and small business. “This isn’t a game any more, and she really gets that. We have to put everything on the table (to solve the country’s energy needs). And she understands small business and how Obama’s plan to raise taxes will hurt them.”
During her time in Minnesota, Poprick has been touching base with political officials in Bucks who have told her they’ve run out of literature because of a spike in interest.
“We’re exuberant,” she said. “We want to get out and work. … She got rid of the chef. She sold the plane on eBay. This is a new start for us.”
And possibly so for Robert Gleason, chairman of the state Republican committee.
“To win an election you need people to believe you can win and she has made a huge contribution in that regard,” Gleason said, adding that “if Obama doesn’t win Pennsylvania he’s finished.”
Along those lines, Kerns called Bucks and Montgomery counties “the real battleground of this battleground state.”
If Palin is indeed a turning point for a Republican ticket that has consistently trailed Obama in the polls, it could help buoy the candidacy of Tom Manion, who’s running against incumbent Democrat Patrick Murphy for Bucks County’s 8th District congressional seat.
“She’s got a kind of special spirit,” said Manion, who was campaigning Wednesday night but got home in time to watch Palin’s speech. “It’s so right for where our country is right now. She’s part of the party but she’s not speaking to the party. She’s speaking to the country.
“It lines up so well with where I’m coming from.”
Kerns called Palin “a frontier woman of the 1800s translated into the 21st century.”
Manion on the street
8th District challenger meets with Newtown, Bensalem residents
By Peter Ciferri; Advance Editor
Republican congressional candidate Tom Manion spent Aug. 27 touring Cornwells Heights and Newtown, hoping to secure a few more supporters as he continues his bid to unseat Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy in Pennsylvania’s 8th District.Manion spent the morning at the Cornwells Heights Train Station in Bensalem Township before meeting with the Newtown Rotary Club for lunch. The Doylestown resident also sat down with
The Advance “It’s a great opportunity to listen and hear what the problems are,” Manion said of his man-on-the-street approach. “It really comes down to the people of the district and the taxpayers, and in an informal setting like this, you really get an opportunity to understand what’s on their mind and that really has to guide what you do.”
Manion, a Marine Corps veteran, said the people he met Wednesday were concerned with high energy prices and were “ready for a change” in Washington D.C.
“It’s the summer months and people are adjusting their vacation schedules because of it, but they’re really concerned about what’s ahead for winter,” he explained, adding that he believes residents are frustrated with Congress’ “inability to begin the debate.”
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Manion said his energy plan would call for incentives to people who use alternatives like solar and wind, which he hopes would create a larger market to move forward with the resources.
“We’re not going to get there overnight. So, we’ve got to think about conservation,” Manion told
The Advance. “Also, we need to reach into our current supply we can’t achieve these alternatives overnight and we need a transition strategy. I think increasing [arctic oil] supplies can be the way to do that.”
He explained that the United States has “oil rich areas in the arctic” that he believes should be explored, but at the same time, urged the government to be “equally aggressive” in pursuing alternative energy.
Manion said his business experience – he spent several years as an executive at Johnson & Johnson – gives him the ability to “build solutions and get results” with bipartisan efforts.
“You have to understand the bigger picture and the goal in mind. The goal is not party politics, it’s our country,” he said.
Manion said his background as a Marine makes him “action oriented” and he wouldn’t come to the job with a “60-day or 30-day or 10-day plan,” but would rather take on the challenges immediately facing the 8th District.
The Republican challenger said his chief concern is the struggling economy, but added that there is not one defined plan for solving the problem. Manion hopes he can help “build confidence back in the American people” by working to understand the economic woes.
“It’s about getting together quickly with like-minded people,” he explained. “We need to get things done quickly, and once we get together we can get to work.”
In addition to what he calls “the lowest rated Congress in history,” Manion said people are fed up with the White House leadership; a frustration that led him to support John McCain.
“He’s demonstrated leadership and the proven ability to work with people to get results,” he said.
Additionally, Manion’s impression of the Democratic National Convention has been critical. “I think it’s really much like the platform so far. There’s not a lot of substance to it There’s a lot of talk about what’s wrong, but there doesn’t seem to be much accountability or a specific plan.”
The 8th Congressional District covers all of Bucks County and portions of Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. Manion will face-off against Democratic incumbent Patrick Murphy and Independent political activist Tom Lingenfelter in the Nov. 4 election.
The Advance contacted both the Murphy and Lingenfelter campaigns and is currently scheduling interviews with both candidates.
The three have a scheduled debate at the Waterwheel Restaurant, 4424 Old Easton Rd., Doylestown, on Oct. 17 at 8 a.m.
Volunteers encourage union members to vote for Obama
By MATT COUGHLIN
Bucks County Courier Times
Before Sen. John McCain appeared on television sets across Bucks County Thursday night dozens of area union workers tried to bring Barack Obama into hundreds of Bucks County homes.
About three dozen volunteers from the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations met with 174 union members Thursday night to encourage them to vote for Obama.
Congressman Patrick Murphy, D-8, spoke to the volunteers at the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 13 on New Falls Road in Bristol Township before the group started going door-to-door from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
AFL-CIO spokesman Andrew Gaffney said that the volunteers — members of the electrical workers, state, county and municipal employees, communications workers, nurses, letter carriers and bakers unions — were each given a packet, a list of homes of area AFL-CIO members and went door-to-door stumping for Obama.
“If they bring up experience, let them know we’ve had 26 years of experience of John McCain voting against working families,” Gaffney told the volunteers.
Gaffney said the volunteers had a series of questions for union members as well as a packet of information showing why the unions should prefer Obama to McCain.
“The three main issues are health care, economy and health care,” Gaffney said.
Gaffney said the organization opposes McCain because his health care plan would make the worker’s employer-paid health benefits taxable income. The packet also includes information claiming McCain has voted to abolish minimum wage and has pushed for privatizing social security.
The AFL-CIO is also backing Obama because of the congressman’s support of and McCain’s opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that has passed the House of Representatives but not the Senate. Currently employees looking to establish a union must first sign a card showing interest and then at a later date a vote is held to determine if the staff will join a union. However, Gaffney said, the vote can be delayed and companies can push out union-friendly employees. The new bill would immediately establish a union if even one employee over 50 percent of the staff signs the card that currently only starts the process.
In a written statement, Murphy’s opponent, Tom Manion, said he’s concerned about the rights of workers, but “the employee Free Choice Act is a misleading name for a bill that strips away an employee’s right to a secret ballot.”
Manion said he cannot vote for the bill because he considers the secret ballot a basic right.
And regarding healthcare Manion said he believes that through oversight, tax credits and healthcare savings accounts all types of employees will have healthcare. He said there was $80 billion in Medicare fraud last year and said that Democrats only plan on expanding a “big government-based healthcare system.”
Murphy, who is a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act, said he believes in the freedom of assembly and the right of workers to unionize.
“I’m proud to fight for [workers of Bucks County] down in Washington and hope I get the chance to continue,” Murphy said.
He criticized an economy he said has seen wages go stagnant and seven and a half years of inequality.
Murphy: ‘It’s time for a President who leads’
Congressman delivers prime-time convention speech.
By Peter Ciferri
Bucks Local News .com
Joined on stage by around 25 fellow veterans, Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8) helped kick-off the prime-time speeches at the Democratic National Convention during Aug. 27′s focus on national security.
The only Iraq War veteran serving in Congress led a crew introduced as “young American heroes” onto the stage for the 8:25 p.m. speech.
Entering to the tune of “Eye of the Tiger” — a rock song made popular by the film Rocky III — the congressman used the forum to call for a shift in focus in the War on Terror, as well as introduce himself to America as the “blue collar kid from a row-house in Northeast Philadelphia.”
Murphy called on his experiences as a Captain the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division as the jumping off point for his commitment to Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) policies in Iraq, as well as Murphy’s personal crusade to improve veterans care at home.
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“When I returned from Iraq, I realized — we didn’t just need change over there, we also needed to change how we treat our veterans here at home,” Murphy said.
He went on to criticize President Bush, saying he “rushed to stand with soldiers at political rallies, but abandoned them at Walter Reed” and “spent billion on private contractors, but not on body armor for our troops.”
Murphy added that the President was available “for the photo ops, but AWOL when it came to doing right by our veterans.”
He then went on, “In the Army, we have a saying: ‘Lead, follow or get out of the way.’ It’s time for a President who leads.”
Murphy said he believes Obama would serve as “a commander-in-chief who knows that leadership means serving our troops as well as they serve our country.”
He explained that Obama led the fights “to end injustice at Walter Reed” and “to make sure that returning veterans get the mental health care they deserve.”
The congressman said he is proud to stand with Obama on these foreign policy issues, “So that we can finally end the War in Iraq, go after the terrorists who attacked us on 9-11 and defeat them where they are strongest: in Afghanistan.”
Murphy’s speech was scheduled just before that of former Secretary of State Madeline Albright and 30 minutes before President Bill Clinton. Other speakers of note on Wednesday included former presidential candidate John Kerry and Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden (D-Del.).
“I think it is easy for Murphy to sit in Washington and pass legislation for veterans’ rights and services,” Republican congressional candidate Tom Manion stated Thursday. “It takes a real leader to stand up in the face of opposition from your party and support the troops every time they need it, and not just when it is convenient.”
The 8th Congressional District covers all of Bucks County and portions of Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. Murphy will face Manion and Independent political activist Tom Lingenfelter in the Nov. 4 election.
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Drill, conserve, develop: The path to energy independence
By TOM MANION
Bucks County Courier Times
American ingenuity put a man on the moon and our hard work sparked the industrial revolution. American creativity transformed the world during the information age.
Today, the uniquely American spirit of entrepreneurship can find solutions to our energy demands. Innovative technologies need research and development support and non-oil options like solar, wind and nuclear power require more work.
Meeting our energy demands is within our reach. Washington must do its part by creating incentives to ignite that enthusiasm and encourage our scientists, engineers and business leaders to find the best alternative energy solutions and bring those technologies to bear as soon as possible.
I have proposed an energy plan with three important action steps: increasing alternative energy sources, developing incentives for conservation, and expanding oil exploration. On July 23, House Republicans sent a similar plan, “The American Energy Act,” for a vote; unfortunately, the legislation was blocked by Patrick Murphy and other House Democrats.
Let’s begin by discussing alternative energy sources. Common sense tells us that we can shift the American economy off its near-complete dependence on oil by developing alternative energy sources. I will support legislation to provide incentives for the development of nuclear, solar, coal, geothermal and hydrogen energy sources.
Americans use more energy than any other nation. As we work to find these additional sources of energy, we must also take action to conserve energy. Energy conservation is the second step in my plan. I support tax credits to businesses and families who promote energy conservation and efficiency.
While we seek these new energy sources and conserve our precious energy, Congress must assist the process by expanding exploration opportunities in oil-rich domestic regions. I will sponsor legislation for exploration of domestic natural gas and oil production in areas currently denied by Congress. Domestic drilling will decrease our dependence on oil from foreign countries that don’t like us very much.
It is important, however, that exploration occur with new, environmentally friendly technologies to protect our natural resources for future generations. These technologies, such as horizontal drilling wells, leave a much smaller environmental footprint than traditional wells.
According to a CNN research center poll, 73 percent of Americans now favor domestic drilling. Yet, Murphy and the Democratic leadership of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed have repeatedly voted to block proposals on drilling from coming up for a vote. They may not understand the burden our taxpayers are under — I do.
Domestic drilling will also send a signal to the many speculators both here and abroad that a greater supply of oil and natural gas will be on the way. This will help stabilize the price of fuel in the short-term and allow for price reductions long-term.
Expanding oil exploration opportunities must go hand-in hand with increasing long-term oil-refining capacity. I will sponsor legislation to create fast-track approval for expansion of existing refineries. Construction of new refineries with environmentally friendly technologies will also be a priority.
The solution to our energy demands is not simple. By using the latest technologies, and never sacrificing our strict environmental standards, America can produce more of our energy right here at home — while still protecting our open spaces and our clean air and water for generations to come.
American-made energy reduces our dependency on the dictatorships of the Middle East and other foreign sources of energy. Instead of spending billions on oil in nations that oppose our way of life, we could spend it at home on domestic oil and American jobs.
My plan lays the foundation for a future with clean, affordable energy. My plan helps all Pennsylvanians by initiating jobs in new industries that will replace those our state has lost. My plan will encourage economic growth — as businesses and investors plan responsibly for the future. Most importantly, my plan will provide more options and lower costs to consumers.
By putting Americans to work on the issue of alternative energy, we can protect our environment and meet the energy needs of our country. Other countries look to America as a source of creativity. Pooling our collective spirit, we are clearly a people who can solve our energy demands now and into the future.
Convention Spotlight On Murphy
U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy, D-8th, has been awarded a prime slot at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
On Wednesday, he, along with Iraq War Veteran Tammy Duckworth, will give tribute to the U.S. military. The Congressman’s convention appearance will infuse his campaign with much-needed political capital. Earlier this month, Mr. Murphy evaded debating his Republican opponent Tom Manion about the ongoing energy crisis. Mr. Manion is not attending the Republican Convention in Minnesota opting to stay within the district campaigning. True to form, Mr. Manion will be talking to the district’s Bucks County constituency at a scheduled community event while Mr. Murphy is giving his speech to the nation’s Democrats. Constitution Party Candidate Jay Russell will not have to worry about attending the next national meeting of his party in Orlando since he decided to end his long shot bid for the seat.
Candidates getting involved in oil crisis
By BRIAN SCHEID
Bucks County Courier Times
The rising cost of home heating oil has quickly become an issue in Bucks County politics.
Last week, state Rep. Chris King, D-142, announced plans to introduce legislation that would have the state regulate the home heating oil industry, a plan his Republican opponent, Frank Farry, countered with a proposal to expand the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Earlier this month, Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was the first member of the Senate to ask President Bush to call Congress back from its August recess to work on legislation to lower oil and gas prices.
Several Republicans, including Tom Manion, a Doylestown Township resident running for Congress this year, joined Specter’s call.
“We need to act with a sense of urgency,” Manion said.
This week, Manion said that home heating oil prices would be one of the biggest issues in this year’s congressional campaign.
“We have a lot of people here that use that type of heat,” Manion said. “I think it’s on a lot of people’s minds.”
Manion applauded a funding increase that Specter introduced as an amendment in the fiscal year 2009 budget resolution for the energy assistance program. That amendment, approved in March, called for a $1 billion increase in the assistance program.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to qualify for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program a household should have an annual income at 150 percent of the federal poverty level or less. For example, a family of four making $31,800 or less would qualify under the guidelines.
Bucks County Congressman Patrick Murphy, D-8, is the co-sponsor of two pending pieces of legislation aimed at curbing heating oil costs, according to Nat Binns, a Murphy spokesman. Those bills include The Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer Act, which would nearly double the funding in the energy assistance program, and the Home Energy Affordability Tax Relief Act of 2008, which would provide a $500 tax credit to those who spend more than $1,500 on home heating costs during the winter season. Families and individuals who spend less than $1,500 would receive a credit equal to one-third their heating costs.
Tom Lingenfelter, a Doylestown political activist who is running an independent campaign for Congress, said the only way to lower oil costs is to allow oil companies to expand domestic exploration.
“Congress has to do what they should have been doing all along,” Lingenfelter said. “They need to allow oil companies to expand and explore anywhere feasible. They can drill in my backyard if it’s feasible.”
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