Senate Dems: Republicans Block Investigative Power for Oil Spill Commission

(maybe the Democrats really want to "get" BP, or maybe this is all staged, with the Senate Republicans playing "bad cop" . . . )

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July 5, 2010

Senate Democrats today asked unanimous consent to pass legislation that would give the BP Oil Spill Commission the subpoena power it needs to do its job. “Frankly, it’s time we have a vote after so many Republican objections to this commonsense legislation,” said Sen. Robert Menendez. “[This bill] asserts that we want to protect those families, taxpayers, not oil company profits.”