Quote:That is all well and good but it still doesn't explain how this makes us less dependent on foreign oil? It's not for the US it's to be sold on the open market. In addition, spending on actual infrastructure nationwide would create many more construction jobs for a longer period of time why the focus from the GOP on these 2000? 

 

It's also the only reason this has been one of the main pushes by the GOP congress rather than focusing on things that will actually effect the country as a whole. Big oil, not jobs or future prices is the reason for the politicization. 

 

The extent to which I am for or against this is mostly due to the seizing of land required to do it. I think it's dumb the parties have made this THE issue for months rather than an actual spending bill or tax reductions or w/e else the GOP is supposed to be doing.