[quote]Initially the house thought it necessary to do so in order to protect oil companies that are heavily fined when their procedures accidentally kill birds under protection[/quote] This stuff pissed me off so much. The idiots in our government are getting paid off by other idiots with no regard for anything but money. On a side note, this reminds me of the current bobcat issue here in Illinois. Bobcats have just recovered from being overhunted before, and politicians already are trying to pass a bill that lets people hunt them for trophies and money. One of the politicians even compared a bobcat to a saber-toothed tiger. They're morons.