http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Salazar-names-2-to-oversee-apf-213479452.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=2&asset=&ccode=
This is the Senate's brain on drugs.
And the scope of the decisions they make while on it
75 million will not even touch the Gulf clean up, let alone the lost income from polluting water. to the Gulf states.
The Senate, meanwhile, defeated a move by three drilling opponents to raise liability limits for oil spills from $75 million to $10 billion. Democratic Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Bill Nelson of Florida said they would try again after their proposal was blocked by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, a drilling supporter.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said she was disappointed that Senate Republicans "once again put Big Oil profits" over taxpayer interests. "This is a simple issue of fairness: If an oil company causes a spill, they should have to pay to clean it up," Murray said.
The Obama administration has said it would like to see the liability limit increased, but has not set a specific figure.
