Senator McConnell fails to give Big Oil free pass to risky drilling in the Arctic Ocean
Yesterday, the so-called "Offshore Production and Safety Act of 2011" bill (S. 953), sponsored by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), failed on the Senate floor by a vote of 42-57. This bill would have led to aggressive drilling in America's Arctic; bringing back Arctic lease sales cancelled by President Obama in wake of the Deepwater Horizon…