Senate blocks ANWR - its official from the AP wire!

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WASHINGTON - The Senate blocked oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge Wednesday, rejecting a measure that had been put into a must-pass defense spending bill in an attempt to garner wider support.
Read more here….

12/21/2005 Senate Blocks Alaska Refuge Drilling -- AP- yahoo.com

[texpatriot2004]

1. Woo Hoo Thank you God.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[monk24]

17. Amen to that

Amen to what you said, texpatriot2004. :thumbsup:


I can't believe Alaska's politicians are so careless with their state's natural heritage.

[Taguba]

2. What about the re-vote that is happening right now?? WTF does that mean

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6. we'll find out but this is a step in the right direction

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12. BTW - Welcome to DU!

[Taguba]

24. Been watching for along time, just thought it was time to participate.

[TahitiNut]

14. There is no 're-vote' right now .. a motion to reconsider is pending.

A vote on the motion to reconsider would have to be scheduled... and if it passes then the reconsideration itself (a vote on cloture) would take place. It's highly unlikely.

[Skidmore]

3. Woohooo!!! Is Stevens frothing at the mouth and hyperventilating

yet! Someone pan the room with the camera so we can make sure he hasn't stroked out yet.

[billybob537]

4. Repubs trying

anything to sell out to big oil while they still can.

[bowens43]

5. The good guys win one!!

[ThomWV]

7. For the moment

Just because Stevens said he would remove the ANWR language if there was no cloture doen't mean it will happen.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. He also said...

That he wasn't breaking any rules by adding it like he did.. that's a baldfaced lie.

[sasha031]

9. where would I find the roll call vote?

[TahitiNut]

13. It'll be posted to the Senate site tomorrow, I think.

The Senate has been a bit slower on web posting votes than the House.

[sasha031]

15. Senate rejects oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge

An amendment offered by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, to strip away the provision passed 52-48.

The eight Republicans who voted against oil development were Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, both of Maine; Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island; Gordon Smith of Oregon; Mike DeWine of Ohio; Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois; John McCain of Arizona, and Coleman.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/19/anwar.vote.ap/

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16. I thought McCain Voted No n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

22. check the date! Wednesday, March 19, 2003

Obviously not today

[jbonkowski]

11. If he doesn't take it out...

It will be easy to filibuster for the rest of the day, resulting in no more votes and nothing else passing before they adjourn and go home. Senators, even nuts like Stevens, follow through when they promise stuff like this.

If he doesn't, the failure to even vote on the defense bill before adjourning will be attributed to him breaking his word (except at Fox News, of course).

jim

[G_j]

10. Great! Big thanks to all who called and wrote in the last few days!

:applause::applause::applause::applause:

[im10ashus]

18. Here's the voting record.

YEAs ---56
Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Inouye (D-HI)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---44
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Dayton (D-MN)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Frist (R-TN)
Harkin (D-IA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)

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19. Frist was the only Repuke NO?

[im10ashus]

20. No.

Also,

Chafee (R-RI)
DeWine (R-OH)

Only three.

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21. Oh - do they mean it or were they voting no like Frist as a procedural

thing???

[Craig3410]

23. Ah, yes, good old Ben Nelson...

How in the hell does he get to be a Democrat?