Senate panels advance oil spill bill

June 30, 2010 by  

Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of a program set up to compensate Gulf oil spill victims, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2010, before the House Small Business Committee hearing titled 'Recovery in the Gulf: What the $20 Billion BP Claims Fund Means for Small Business'. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – Congress began advancing legislation Wednesday that imposes new safeguards on offshore oil drilling in hopes of preventing a repeat of the devastating spill that has brought environmental and economic havoc to the Gulf coast.



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