By Wallace Witkowski Last update: 6:27 p.m. EDT Sept. 23, 2008Comments: 26 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Congressional Democrats will allow a 25-year-old offshore drilling ban to expire next week, according to media reports late Tuesday. The ban prevented oil companies from drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts in the United States.
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