House GOP to push administration on offshore drilling amid unrest in Libya

House GOP to push administration on offshore drilling amid unrest in LibyaBy Andrew Restuccia - 02/23/11 12:03 PM ET Key House Republicans plan to argue next month that the Obama administration should act swiftly to issue offshore oil-and-gas drilling permits amid the political unrest in Libya and other countries. The House Natural Resources Committee said Wednesday it is holding two hearings in March on what Republicans have termed the administration’s “de facto moratorium” on deepwater oil-and-gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The administration has issued no deepwater permits since the last year's BP spill, and has slowed the pace...