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Weight -- Offshore drilling
QS1. First, can you please tell me if you are currently registered to vote in the district where you live?
QS2. Have you recently moved and have not yet re-registered in your new district?
Q1. If oil companies drill in these offshore areas they will generate substantial new economic activity and revenues. Building and operating the oil rigs will create jobs along these coasts, diversifying the local economies.
Q2. Expanded oil drilling will inflict damage to the fragile ecosystems of coastal areas. Small oil spills will certainly occur and there is a substantial chance that there will be more large catastrophic spills generating hu
Q3. Producing additional oil will help enhance America's role on the world stage. By gaining energy independence our foreign policy will no longer be hamstrung by our reliance on other countries, some of whom are quite unfrie
Q4. The fact that we have been already achieving energy independence makes it especially clear that it is not necessary for us to take the risks of expanding offshore drilling and to harm the tourism and fishing industries al
Q5. Do you favor or oppose the proposal to lift the bans and allow drilling for oil and gas along all of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and to expand the allowed area around Alaska?
Q6. Do you approve or disapprove of your governor requesting a waiver that would keep in place the ban on offshore drilling along your state's coastline?
Q7. As a general rule, do you think states that request it should or should not be granted a waiver that would keep in place the ban on offshore drilling along their state's coastline?
Q8. Requiring companies to pay for recurring inspections by independent auditors is a case of government overreach and an overreaction. In the wake of the oil spill, companies adjusted their practices in line with the new reg
Q9. The idea that the companies can inspect themselves is absurd--they have an inherent conflict of interest and will resist taking safety measures that may be expensive. Companies have a history of rushing ahead in the effor
Q10. So, in conclusion, do you favor or oppose the proposal to lift the regulation requiring that oil drilling equipment be inspected by independent auditors certified by the federal government?
Q11. It is a privilege for oil companies to drill and transport oil in public waters and lands. Spills, both large and small, do happen and will surely happen again. It is reasonable to require oil companies to contribute to a clean-up fund as a kind of i
Q12. It's not fair to charge all oil companies this tax. Only a small number of companies are responsible for oil spills, and they should be required to pay for the clean-up when it happens, rather than charging all companies just in case some other compa
Q13. Would you favor or oppose renewing for 5 years the tax oil companies pay to a special fund to cover the cost of acting immediately to clean up an oil spill when necessary and raise the amount from 9 cents to 10 cents per barrel?
QD1. Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a:
QD1A. Do you think of yourself as closer to the:
QD2A. How often would you say you vote in the general election-that is, the election for President every four years, or in off-years for just members of Congress?
QD2B. How often would you say you vote in your party's primary elections?
QD3. In voting for President, which of the following did you choose?
QD4. What is your religion?
QD4A. Would you describe yourself as a born-again Christian?
QD4B. Would you describe yourself as an Evangelical Christian?
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