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Eric Kleefeld | June 13, 2010, 1:38PM

Boehner: BP 'Should Be Held Responsible For Every Dime'
Appearing on This Week, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said that he would support completely lifting the liability cap on the oil spill for BP. "Absolutely," said Boehner. "They should be held responsible for every dime of this cost."

Hoyer: GOP is 'Holding Up Lifting The Cap In The Senate'
Also on This Week, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) shot back at Boehner. "First of all, the Republicans have been holding up lifting the cap in the Senate from the $75 million, minuscule sum, as we see, to $10 billion," said Hoyer, who also cast blame on the Bush administration for years of lax regulation: "The psychology of neglect in terms of regulatory oversight that was pursued in the Bush administration, which led to the banking failure, insurance prices going way up, and oil companies thinking they could do whatever they wanted because the "drill, baby, drill" crowd, all they wanted them to do was to drill."

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