Lame Duck Congress gives Big Oil a $10 Billion Tax Break
Public Citizen News (January/February) published an article entitled "109Th Congress Exists in Disgrace, Giving Big Oil a $10 Billion Break on Oil, Gas Lease Royalty Payments" which tells the whole shameful story. It seems that Congress with the help of lame duck Republican House members cast the deciding vote which gave big oil a huge financial break while allowing drilling in the Golf of Mexico without having to pay American taxpayers for the privilege. A bill to have allowed the…