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Democrats abandon drilling ban
Battle likely to resume for next administration
Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Democrats will let the offshore drilling moratorium expire next week, caving in to Republicans weeks before the election and potentially opening the outer continental shelf to expanded oil and gas exploration for the first time in [...]

McCain Suspends Campaign to Help With Bailout
by Sharon Kehnemui Liss, FOXNews.com
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
John McCain announced that he will suspend his presidential campaign on Thursday to return to Washington to help with bailout negotiations. He urged his opponent Barack Obama to do the same.
The Arizona senator also asked the Presidential Debate Commission to postpone Friday’s [...]