House passes budget bill with no national forest sell-off language

[montana500]

...and no Arctic drilling language.


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"A Victory for Wildlife" in Budget Resolution
Published March 30, 2006
Washington, DC (March 30) - The House Budget Committee's passage of a budget resolution free of language that could have led to the sale of hundreds of thousands of acres of national forests to private interests and to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is "a victory for wildlife," said Larry Schweiger, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation.

"The American people reject legislative tricks intended to enrich special interests while compromising our nation's conservation legacy," Schweiger said. "We're delighted that the House Budget Committee has chosen to work for the public interest, not special interests."

[Atman]

1. Don't worry, Bush will add it back in via a "signing statement."

"Budgets? We don need to steenking budgets!"

[phantom power]

3. He'll exercise his Unitary Executive privileges.

Just call up the oil, coal and timber companies directly, and give them permission to extract their resources. Because he's King--oops, Unitary Executive.

[Inland]

2. It must have been a printer's error!

The House passed up an opportunity for a fire sale of natural resources? I just don't believe it, it must be some sort of mistake!