The Globe and Mail (subscription) | US on brink of lifting oil export ban as Congress reaches fiscal deal The Globe and Mail (subscription) Congressional leaders unveiled a broad package of spending and tax legislation that would avert a U.S. government shutdown and lift the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports. House Speaker Paul Ryan told fellow Republicans in a closed-door meeting ... House Republicans announce tax, spending deal that ends ban on oil exports US Congress agrees budget deal to lift crude export ban US lawmakers scramble for spending deal amid oil, clean energy disputes |