US Senate backs oil drilling in Alaskan refuge

[G_j]

(shitheads!) :argh:

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N03317387.htm

US Senate backs oil drilling in Alaskan refuge
03 Nov 2005 18:10:50 GMT

Source: Reuters

(Adds lawmakers' comments, vote for ANWR oil exports, background)

By Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), narrowly rejecting a Democratic attempt to strike the plan from a budget bill.

Drilling supporters said developing the refuge's 10.4 billion barrels of crude would raise $2.4 billion in leasing fees for the government, reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil imports and create thousands of American jobs.

However, it remains far from clear whether a final version of a federal budget-cutting package can be approved by both chambers. The U.S. House of Representatives plan would open ANWR to drilling, but also aims to cut politically sensitive programs such as food stamps and Medicaid.

ANWR is "the nation's single greatest prospect for future oil," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee.

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The Senate voted 48 (yes) to 51 (no) on her amendment to remove the ANWR provision from the budget bill.
..more..

[Greeby]

1. Waiting for the roll at senate.gov

Names to be taken :argh:

[G_j]

2. please post if possible

(the Dems that is)

[canuckforpeace]

3. Activists Alert: There's still time

I posted this yesterday and it sank like a stone:

Arctic Drilling Proposal on Senate Floor


Drilling in the Arctic Refuge will be under debate today on the floor of the US Senate (Wednesday, November 2) while the Senate is debating the overall Budget Reconciliation bill. It is possible Arctic champion Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) will again offer an amendment to remove the Arctic drilling provision from the budget reconciliation bill. Debate is expected to go all day Wednesday and most of the day Thursday.


Drilling in America’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has no place in the federal budget reconciliation bill. This proposal has nothing to do with lowering gas prices. According the Government’s own Department of Energy, drilling in the Refuge will lower gas prices by only a penny per gallon 20 years from now. This proposal has nothing to do with reducing our dependence on foreign oil. The Department of Energy estimates that even when the Arctic Refuge is at peak production, our country will still be importing 66% - a whopping two thirds of all of our oil. Drilling in America’s Arctic Refuge has nothing to do with the budget – it is a backdoor effort to ram an unpopular proposal through the Senate, sidestepping the usual process of open debate.


The American people have made it clear that they want the Arctic Refuge protected. There are some places that are too special to ruin with oil drilling, and America’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of them.


WE NEED AMERICANS TO CALL THEIR SENATOR NOW!!


Please take a moment and call your Senator – tell them to please protect America’s Arctic Refuge and vote against the budget reconciliation bill. Every Senator is important, but it is critical that the following swing Senators hear from all U.S. residents: Snowe (R-ME) • Collins (R-ME) • McCain (R-AZ) • Smith (R-OR) • Coleman (R-MN) • Dewine (R-OH) • Chafee (R-RI)


Capitol Switchboard: [phone]


To send an email, go to: http://capwiz.com/awc/issues/alert/?alertid=8174476&type=CO


If this bill passes the Senate, we will still have a chance to stop it in the House, and indications are looking better all the time that the House will not accept a budget with Arctic in it. But if we can stop it in the Senate, we don't have to worry about the House - please call your Senator today!


If you're not already a member, join the movement to protect Alaska's wild places. Visit www.alaskawild.org <http://www.alaskawild.org/> and click on the bear!


erica heuer
publicist, being caribou
p. 867.393.4440
seven cassino street
whitehorse, yt

[G_j]

4. yes, the fight will be in the house now

contact those reps!

[DCal]

5. Here is the Roll call vote

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00298

Republicans voting against ANWAR:
Chafee
Coleman
Collins
DeWine
McCain
Snowe

Democrats voting for ANWAR:
Akaka
Inouye

[G_j]

7. & four votes would have made the difference

:-(

[jim3775]

6. This is making news up here

Any environmental problems/disasters would affect us too.

[canuckforpeace]

9. Canadians....

can send a letter to the PM via www.beingcaribou.com

I'm not sure how much good it would do but it doesn't hurt to try.

[Greeby]

8. Here it is

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00288

Puke yay's

Chafee
Coleman
Collins
Dewine
McCain
Smith
Snowe

Dem nays (oh, this is gonna hurt)

Akaka
Inouye
Landrieu

To which I say: WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION NUMBNUTS!!!! :argh:

Edit for DCal: the one you've got is amendment 2400, where Cantwell wanted 50% of the profits to go directly to the Treasury after her attempt to stop the drilling failed. The amendment to kill the drilling was 2358

[DCal]

10. It looks as if they had 2 votes on this today

Both votes were 51-48 for ANWR. But, in the last vote (#298), Landrieu and Smith switched their votes. So, Landriu ended up opposing ANWR and Smith ended up supporting it.