Senate Saves ANWR for now

Kudos to Sen. Ted Kennedy, Russ Feingold, Diane Feinstein, Maria Kantwell, all others who voted this bill down. The fact that ANWR was slipped into this bill in the first place should make the whole ideas of omnibus bills and virtual omnibus bills a subject for debate.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051221/ap_on_go_co/arctic_drilling
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The Senate blocked oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge Wednesday, rejecting a must-pass defense spending bill where supporters positioned the quarter-century-old environmental issue..
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051221/ap_on_go_co/arctic_drilling