WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- A Louisiana senator was one of five Republicans to vote against legislation introduced by Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell to expand offshore oil drilling.
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said he opposed the measure, similar to bills passed by the Republican House, because it didn't go as far as the House bills in opening new tracts along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the eastern gulf for drilling, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported Thursday.