Senate Democrats oppose ANWR oil drilling in budget

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee said on Monday they opposed putting in the 2007 budget bill language assuming the government will raise billions of dollars in oil drilling leasing fees from Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

In its budget proposal to Congress, the Bush administration said it expected $7 billion would be raised by allowing oil drilling in the Alaskan refuge, and the Congressional Budget Office puts the figure at $6 billion.

No matter what the number, most Senate and House Democrats are against opening the refuge to oil companies.

"It is irresponsible to base the country's budget on highly speculative and dubious projections of lease revenues for the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge," all nine Democrats on the budget panel said in a letter to the committee's Republican chairman, Judd Gregg.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/energy_congress_oil_dc

[Mikimouse]

1. Sonofabitch will just keep inserting it...

in random pieces of legislation until he gets what he wants, just as long as baby gets what he wants, when he wants, and how he wants. Maybe he and Travis Frey should get to be best buds.

[northofdenali]

2. OMG - Uncle Ted (Stevens) will get out his Hulk tie!

and try to screw up any earmarks or special projects the Dems have going on in their states. He is one vindictive MF, believe me.

Good for the Dems. ANWR is too beautiful to allow the oil companies to fuck it up.

[Nutmegger]

3. Maybe he'll actually retire this time?

:rofl:

Damn him.

[xxqqqzme]

4. There are two democrats from Hawaii

who voted 2 sacrifice last time.

[roguevalley]

5. its a territorial thing. They support our idiot's stuff and we support

them. Ted needs to go.