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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (83469)	9/24/2010 11:37:30 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 89467

Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu to Block Obama's Budget Director Nominee Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said Thursday she would block Jack Lew's nomination for White House budget director until the administration lifts its moratorium on deep-water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Landrieu wrote that while she believes Lew is qualified to serve as head of the Office of Management and Budget, he lacks "sufficient concern for the host of economic challenges confronting the Gulf Coast." Landrieu has been an outspoken opponent of the drilling moratorium, which she says has a negative impact on the economy of her home state. "Due to the administration's unwillingness to reverse or modify its policy that has halted all deep-water and nearly all shallow-water energy exploration, I cannot in good conscience allow this nomination to proceed until I receive a commitment from Mr. Lew, the president or another senior economic advisor to reverse these policies, which have been so detrimental to working families across the Gulf Coast," Landrieu wrote. read more........... politicsdaily.com