http://projects.newsobserver.com/tags/walter_cruickshank The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/no_cost_yet_for_05_royalty_relief <img src="http://projects.newsobserver.com/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/elizabethdolehead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <p>A royalty relief provision from 2005 has not cost the federal government anything so far.</p> <p>A recent TV <a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/claims_dept_doles_votes_on_oil">ad</a> attacked U.S. Sen. <a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/dome/profiles/elizabeth_dole">Elizabeth Dole</a> for voting for the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which included a provision to allow oil companies to avoid paying royalties for deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.</p> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/no_cost_yet_for_05_royalty_relief#comments Under the Dome ads Elizabeth Dole gas prices Majority Action oil royalty relief U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Minerals Management Service Walter Cruickshank Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:28:35 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 8693 at http://projects.newsobserver.com