ANWR provision passes Senate 51 to 49-- a Blow to the RINOs?

I'll give you a little help.

http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/Natural/nrgen-25.cfm?&CFID=369000&CFTOKEN=24894743

http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntn01750.htm

http://www.anwr.org/features/pdfs/flyerexports.pdf

Yesterday you were looking for amounts of Crude Oil exported from Alaska. Does this help?

Those links are all excellent, although they aren't 2005 data. But I'm sure nothing has changed. BP is going to make sure that the oil it produces in Alaska feeds its west coast refineries.

Senator Landrieu has always supported ANWR as far as I can tell. One of the things we agree on.

http://www.issues2000.org/International/Mary_Landrieu_Energy_+_Oil.htm

But she has voted against cloture on almost every judge even though while campaigning in 2002, she 'lead' voters to believe she supported Miguel Estrada.

On ANWR, I'm sure she is under pressure from the democrats. I emailed her and thanked her for that vote [LA residents might think about doing the same since Kerry thinks it was quite an accomplishment to get 250,000 signatures on his petition to stop ANWR].

I also believe there is money for 'Louisiana coastal erosion' tied up in the energy bill [more royalties for states that allow drilling on and offshore]. Coastal erosion makes the oil companies in very southern Louisiana [below New Orleans] that have their operations for the Gulf of Mexico down there very vulnerable to hurricanes. You lose some of the buffer if the barrier islands disappear.

But I also added a second subject to the email - JUDGES. I reminded her there is not 200 years of tradition in blocking judicial nominees with filibusters. There has never been a judge filibustered that would have been approved by a majority of the Senate. Debate and vote YEA or NAY!! The republicans are increasing their majority for a reason. Out of control judges are one reason. 2008 is not that far off. You just barely squeaked out a victory in 2002. I will remember how you vote on judges.