ANWR still dead on arrival on Capitol Hill

Fri, May 16, 2008 
Posted in Alaska News, Top Stories

The Alaska delegation and other ANWR drilling supporters were rebuffed twice in Congress this week. On Tuesday, a Republican energy plan with ANWR drilling as one of its centerpieces fell way short of getting the 60 votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster. And yesterday, Republicans failed in a move on the House floor to tell lawmakers negotiating a 2009 budget plan that they should include ANWR leasing revenues.

Joel Southern, APRN - Washington, DC

 
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One Comment to “ANWR still dead on arrival on Capitol Hill”

  1. Don Lietzau on May 17, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    It would appear that oil prices just are not high enough yet

     

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