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Originally Posted by Norton  Slightly off topic but seems offshore drilling or for that matter any exploration should be a State (local) issue not a Federal issue? If Californians or Alaskans don't want it they should have the right to vote yea or nay. | As I understand it that is basically what will happen once the federal laws against the drilling have been lifted. The Feds trump the state so there was no need for the states to even debate it as long as it was against the rules on a Federal level. As the Feds step away it will be up to the states to control what happens in each area.
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