House GOP rejects effort by Democrats to vote on repealing oil industry tax subsidy

Source: The Hill

House Republicans rejected an effort by Democrats Thursday to use a procedural maneuver to force a vote on a bill to repeal a key oil industry tax break.

Democrats sought to defeat a procedural motion to move forward on two GOP-backed offshore drilling bills. If the motion had been defeated, Democrats would have brought up a bill authored by Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) to repeal the Section 199 domestic manufacturing tax deduction for the largest oil companies.

But the motion passed in a 241-171 vote, largely along party lines. Passage of the motion allows Republicans to move forward with consideration of the drilling bills.

Democrats intend to blast Republicans over the vote as part of a broad effort to tie the GOP to the oil industry amid rising gas prices and record oil industry profits.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/159441-house-gop-rejects-effort-by-democrats-to-vote-on-repealing-oil-inudstry-tax-subsidy

A good arrest on terrorism charges of Boner or one of his cohorts. If republicans love something more then corporations, its themselves and if they see that their butts are on the line, then they will start playing ball.