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Mixed Reactions to Oil Spill Commission Report

The Oil Spill Commission’s long-awaited report calls for reforms in regulating the oil and gas industry, and more money to restore the Gulf Coast but legislating the report’s recommendations will be tough in the new, spending-averse Congress.

Now that the commission charged with investigating how to avoid another BP oil spill has released its findings, all eyes are on Congress. But, as Washington Correspondent Mitra Taj reports, previous oil spill bills failed last year when the oil was still gushing in the Gulf, and passage in the new, more conservative Congress, will be difficult. Host Bruce Gellerman and Senior Correspondent Jeff Young discuss the report’s recommendations for coastal restoration and the possibility of Cuba drilling near Florida waters.

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