Senate rejects plan to open Arctic refuge to drilling

Associated Press ^ | March 13, 2012 | Sean Cockerham

[Free ThinkerNY]

WASHINGTON _ The Senate on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a sweeping measure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other protected areas to oil drilling, as well as to approve construction of the Keystone pipeline project.

Tuesday's vote was the first time in four years that the Senate has voted on a measure including ANWR drilling, and it failed miserably.

[Jonty30]

Give Soros a share of the Arctic drilling. It’ll be opened up first thing tomorrow.

[KansasGirl]

[ Two other Democrats, Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, also voted yes. All but seven Republicans _ Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Mike Lee of Utah and Scott Brown of Massachusetts _ voted in favor of the amendment. ]

DeMint voted no?! WTF! Rubio? Geesh!

[Libloather]

Heard the other day that 85% of the US is off limits to drilling. Sure explains a lot.

[muawiyah]

$9.00 per gallon gasoline will see this same crowd chasing each other down the street with pitchforks.

[stylin19a]

amazing headline...it was an amendment a transportation bill.

[kabar]

Two other Democrats, Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, also voted yes. All but seven Republicans _ Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Mike Lee of Utah and Scott Brown of Massachusetts _ voted in favor of the amendment

[Bender2]

Re: All but seven Republicans _ Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Mike Lee of Utah and Scott Brown of Massachusetts _ voted in favor of the amendment.

I can understand that the RINOS Snowe & Collins voting "no" and kind'a Scott Brown of Taxachusetts... but the others I don't quiet have a handle on their "no" votes--

[LaybackLenny]

OK, I’ll give the “Nay” vote to Rubio...I know FL’s sensitive to the drilling. But what’s with DeMint voting with Maine’s “Boobsy Twins” against this?

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Statists will never agree to this because it weakens government. Remember the good old days in the 1700s when we sent messengers to let our views be known so we wouldn’t have to leave our farms?? How did messengers turn into Senaors then turn into mini tyrants? You know what: I don’t like this messenger system anymore. They promised to protect and defend the COnstitution, but they fail at that every single day.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

The same party that voted down drilling in a tiny portion of ANWR, also supported importing ethanol from Brazil. Ethanol from crops grown on denuded tropical rain-forest — AKA “lungs of the Earth”. And they call themselves environmentalists.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Scott Brown, now there was a victory to celebrate for you, and I believe he voted in favor of Obamacare? Along with Snowe, Collins and Specter?

[Cyber Liberty]

DeMint and Rubio represent states that don’t want off-shore drilling. Both states have proven oil reserves that could be tapped with off-shore rigs. Ironically, in Rubio’s case, it won’t stop the drilling because the Chinese are tapping the same reserves off Cuba, with substantially reduced safety standards.

[WHATNEXT?]

I really trust DeMint...so I would want to hear his reasoning...something must have been wrong.

[dfwgator]

This country continues to commit slow suicide.

[CORedneck]

I am sick of these East Coast a-holes who have this elitist attitude where they think they know what is best for us in fly over country (their term). Drill here, Drill now !

[org.whodat]

Probably has something to do with the old senate rule of bringing the matter back to the floor. Demint, had to vote against it in order to call it back.

[thouworm]

Keywords say it all:

anwr; cowardsagainstanwr; energyindependence; foolsforsenators; globalsenators;greensenators; senatedoomsenergy; senatedoomsus; senatedoomsusenergy; senaterejectsanwr; unsenators; usenergy;

[LaybackLenny]

I thought of that and I’m HOPING that’s the only reason.

[cripplecreek]

Natural gas on the north American continent (onshore alone) how many off limits sites can you find? There are some chunks.

[TYVets]

,,,,also supported importing ethanol from Brazil.

Was this voted upon by the senate or was the support in the form of a press release or statement?

[Retired Greyhound]

Scott Brown voted against Obamacare. In fact, his opposition to Obamacare is what got him elected.

But then he went and voted for Dodd-Frank and a handful of other crap.

[Eva]

The bill was the Transportation bill that was rejected, all of those energy related issues were amendments to the bill, most of which were rejected on separate votes, so it’s not clear whether those Republicans voted for the whole transportation bill or amendments.

[House Atreides]

“I really trust DeMint...so I would want to hear his reasoning...something must have been wrong.”
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You won’t be hearing it from DeMint (or Rubio for that matter) but the reasoning was likely to have avoided a pointless, self-inflicted political wounding. With the Democrats in control of the Senate, this was NOT going to pass. And if by some miracle it would have passed the Senate, the anti-American Obama would have vetoed it.

You can take it to the bank that once we have a significant Republican majority in the Senate and a Republican president (oh, please please please), both DeMint and Rubio will vote for that drilling if their votes are needed for passage.

[Eva]

Try this linkHighway bill is worth billions to companies owned by Soros, Pickens, Douglas and this one - Republicans blocking highway bill for 'political reasons,' says Reid

You have to know what they were voting on to understand the vote.

[Typical_Whitey]

Democrats obstruct lower gas prices...

[clamper1797]

Republicans _ Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine

Can I show you my shocked face ....

[TYVets]

Tuesday's vote was the first time in four years that the Senate has voted on a measure including ANWR drilling.

It must be election year.

(/S)

[Eva]

Try this link (second try)Highway bill is worth billions to companies owned by Soros, Pickens, Douglas

and this one - Republicans blocking highway bill for 'political reasons,' says Reid

You have to know what they were voting on to understand the vote.

[muleskinner]

Thanks to a very misleading headline, anyone who didn't read the article will make wrong assumptions about various Senators.

This was about an amendment to a TRANSPORTATION BILL. The amendment concerning ANWAR should come up on it's own, not with some other marginally related bill. I thought Sen. Roberts (KS) was better than this - what a knothead. Free ThinkerNY, did you read the article first, or were you in a hurry to post an emotionally charged headline? jeez.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

I was referring to Democrats in general (including BHO). Here's what "Junk Science" has to say about it:

Here’s how the “Ethanol Shuffle” works according to Geoff Cooper at the Renewable Fuels Association:

… California imports sugarcane ethanol from Brazil rather than corn ethanol from Nebraska or Kansas; and in turn, corn ethanol from the Midwest travels to Houston or Galveston via rail, then is shipped to Brazil via tanker to “backfill” the volumes they sent to the U.S. Picture the irony of a tanker full of U.S. corn ethanol bound for Brazil passing a tanker full of cane ethanol bound for Los Angeles or Miami along a Caribbean shipping route. Remember, this is all being done in the name of reducing GHG emissions. But what are the real GHG implications of the shuffle? And what are the economic impacts?…

At this site: http://junkscience.com/2012/01/09/the-ethanol-shuffle-u-s-importing-exporting-ethanol-to-and-from-brazil/

[SoFloFreeper]

You won’t be hearing it from DeMint (or Rubio for that matter) but the reasoning was likely to have avoided a pointless, self-inflicted political wounding. With the Democrats in control of the Senate, this was NOT going to pass. And if by some miracle it would have passed the Senate, the anti-American Obama would have vetoed it. You can take it to the bank that once we have a significant Republican majority in the Senate and a Republican president (oh, please please please), both DeMint and Rubio will vote for that drilling if their votes are needed for passage.

Someone gets it. Namely, you.

[hinckley buzzard]

I don't know DeMint's record. He seems to talk a good game. What has he ever done? Likewise Rubio, for that matter.

[The Wizard]

where are the commercials saying the democrat senate killed the drilling for new oil....when the hell are the GOP going to get some f’ing balls

[TigersEye]

Whose side are they on? Not the American people’s.

[TYVets]

Thanks for the information.

Legislators at times will make claims they did or did not vote for a piece of legislation because of amendments that may have been attached to a bill.

Of course during the session just before they come up for reelection the smoke is so thick it is extra hard to tell why they voted the way they did. It is CYA time for them.

Again thanks for the information and the link.

[KevinDavis]

Sorry Brown was not in the Senate at the time of vote, plus no one from the GOP voted for Obamacare.. Idiot..

[Pharmboy]

Thank God! Now the Senate will have the time to get a bill together to pay for everyone’s contraception...