I have looked and looked for a updated story about this but it seems every one I can find ends up talking about back at the end of July when this happened. And they all leave out the part where Senator Demint explains why he objected.They all also leave out the part where the Republican leadership said they were fine with the bill and would support it moving forward. So if this commission does not have subpoena powers, that means the Democrats never brought it back up for a vote.
I couldn't find where this happened either, but then no one in any of the stories have given the number or name of the bill. Makes it hard to actually find.....
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NOW you look up the date?
By Greg Sargent | July 1, 2010; 2:35 PM ET
That was four months ago. So now it's the Democrat's fault.
Bush was given subpoena power for the 9/11 commission. No Democrat had to "read something". The president was given subpoena power over "3 mile Island".
Not Obama from the Republicans. Because they had to "read something".
Republicans have said they are looking for Obama's Waterloo and want him to "fail".
Or am I lying about that too?
Not even sure it matters anymore. On something like this, you have to strike right away. Get emails, get records, gather evidence.
Everything has been laundered now. It probably doesn't really matter.
Besides, BP might have been found guilty of something. Do you really think that Republicans, who publicly apologized to BP for suggesting they pay for their mess, would want that?
Like I said, how many oil rigs are in the gulf? How many disasters are just "accidents" and how many because someone "cut corners" to save a few bucks.
I bet now we will never know.
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Crew Argued Over Drilling Plan Before Rig Explosion
About 11 hours before the Deepwater Horizon exploded, a disagreement took place between the top manager for oil giant BP PLC on the drilling rig and his counterpart for the rig's owner, Transocean Ltd., concerning the final steps in shutting down the nearly completed well, according to a worker's sworn statement.
Michael Williams, a Transocean employee who was chief electronics technician on the rig, said there was "confusion" between those high-ranking officials in an 11 a.m. meeting on the day of the rig blast, according to a sworn statement from Mr. Williams reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Williams himself attended the meeting.
The confusion over the drilling plan in the final hours leading up to the explosion could be key to understanding the causes of the blowout and ultimately who was responsible.
What is known from drilling records and congressional testimony is that after the morning meeting, the crew began preparations to remove from the drill pipe heavy drilling "mud" that provides pressure to keep down any gas, and to replace this mud with lighter seawater.
Ultimately, the crew removed the mud before setting a final 300-foot cement plug that is typically poured as a last safeguard to prevent combustible gas from rising to the surface. Indeed, they never got the opportunity to set the plug.
Mr. Williams declined to be interviewed.
Oil-Rig Crew Argued Over Drilling Plan Before Blast - WSJ.com
