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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-05 11:37 AM
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Bush drops drilling plan for Arctic wilderness
wilderness

Julian Borger in Washington
Friday November 11, 2005
The Guardian


The Bush administration's sinking popularity and the Republican party's declining electoral fortunes have brought at least a temporary reprieve for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The party leadership in the House of Representatives has had to drop clauses permitting oil drilling in the refuge and in coastal areas from a spending bill, in order to win the support of moderate Republicans nervous about their electoral prospects in the shifting political landscape.

The Senate version of the bill still contains the drilling clauses, but environmentalists declared it a victory.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,13369,1640269,00.html
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-05 11:41 AM
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1. It is a headfake - will be attached in conference later - battle not over
:-(
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Q3JR4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-05 12:11 PM
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2. Maybe,
but the house and senate still have to pass the bill in its conference committee form before it can become law.

Maybe the dissatisfaction of the moderate republicans in the house is enough to keep that from happening.

As with everything in politics, we'll just have to see what happens.

:shrug:
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Village Idiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-05 12:30 PM
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3. I think you are right.
We will see this again - probably bundled into a vital spending bill, so that RePIGlicans cannot vote against it...

Ted Stevens is a disgusting little excuse for a man...
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