[Jalapeno]

Republicans dropped provisions to allow drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge, as recommended by Vice President Dick Cheney's 2001 task force.

Don't tell me they are going to blame our continued dependance on foriegn oil on Key Lay....

Without Alaska this bill has no teeth, IMHO.

[WOSG]

I agree - No ANWR means this is not a very useful bill. The best I can say for it is that is must have something good in it if Ed Markey the Leftist hates it so: ``It is without question the single worst environmental bill of all time,'' said Representative Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat.