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Wednesday, June 22, 2005 Tamara Lytle - - Orlando Sentinel
| The Senate voted Tuesday to allow an inventory of oil and gas reserves in the coveted Gulf of Mexico, sparking predictions that drilling off Florida's coast would be next.
Florida's senators -- Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Mel Martinez -- suffered a stinging defeat when their amendment to block the inventory failed 52-44.
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