June 6 2010
Republicans Block Oil Spill Liability Bill Again
Bird on the beach at East Grand Terre Island, LA. Photo source: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, Thursday, June 3, 2010.
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) on Tuesday blocked a bill Democrats have put forward to raise the liability cap from $75 million to $10 billion. He said on the Senate floor he agrees the cap should be raised, but the Senate should “wait and see where the cap should be.”