House GOP Members Urge Delay on ANWR

Associated Press via Fox News ^ | Aug 11, 2005 | AP

[PolishProud]

House GOP Members Urge Delay on ANWR Thursday, August 11, 2005

WASHINGTON — Two dozen House Republicans, including three committee chairmen, have asked Speaker Dennis Hastert not to use a congressional budget procedure to clear the way for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

They said in a letter to Hastert, R-Ill., that the budget process "is an inappropriate venue to be debating this important environmental issue" and warned that it would further complicate already difficult budget issues.

"We believe the debate on opening this unique land to oil and gas exploration should be done outside the budget process," said the group led by Rep. Jeb Bradley (search), R-N.H., in an Aug. 4 letter made public Wednesday.

[PolishProud]

How can I find the names of the 24 GOP Congressmen that signed this letter? As I understand it, if drilling in ANWR was included in the budget debate, it would become law should the buget be approved.

[conservativecorner]

So now we have the House with numerous RINOS!! Unfrigging real!!

[Corporate Law]

I have been looking for this list as well.

[DoctorMichael]

".........House GOP Members Urge Delay on ANWR........"

Why? We've delayed enough already.

[Truth29]

More GOP spines need to be ordered. This group knows that if this provision is subject to filibuster, it will never make it into law.

[u57896]

With the price of gas, ANWR should look like Swiss cheese!

[KarlInOhio]

And they bring this up less than a week after the energy bill, where ANWR should have been, was passed. Couldn't they have made their complaints known a few weeks ago when it could have been put in and fought over.

[EagleUSA]

More GOP spines need to be ordered...
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THIS IS GOP INSANITY. Do we still have a two-party system, and how much money is Soros paying these CROOKED IDIOTS to do this -- we need the names of these 24 scum bags.

If this keeps up, the Repubs will be history after 2006 and are working hard on giving away 2008.

[KarlInOhio]

With the price of gas, ANWR should look like Swiss cheese!

That's tagline worthy.

[Piquaboy]

They don't want to piss off any enviromentalist who are aalready doing a good job of bringing us down by not allowing more refinery's to be built which are sorely needed. All the oil in the world won't do any good if we cannot refine it.

[RonF]

With the price of gas, ANWR should look like Swiss cheese!

From what I hear, the reserves in ANWR won't affect the price of gas; there just isn't that much there.

[RobFromGa]

"We believe the debate on opening this unique land to oil and gas exploration should be done outside the budget process," says the group led by Rep. Jeb Bradley, R-NH (full text below)

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House Republicans Oppose ANWR Drilling Provision In Budget

August 11, 2005 11:00 a.m. EST


Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Washington, DC (AHN) – Two dozen House Republicans are opposing the inclusion of a provision in the budget that authorizes oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

They sent a letter to Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-IL saying that the budget process "is an inappropriate venue to be debating this important environmental issue" and warned that it would further complicate already difficult budget issues.

"We believe the debate on opening this unique land to oil and gas exploration should be done outside the budget process," says the group led by Rep. Jeb Bradley, R-NH, in an Aug. 4 letter made public Wednesday.

The letter also was sent to Budget Committee Chairman James Nussle, R-Iowa, and Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo, R-CA. Pombo strongly supports opening the 1.5 million acre coastal plain of the Alaska refuge to oil development.

Under congressional rules, drilling could be authorized if the Resource Committee decides to rely on an expected $2.4 billion from potential oil lease sales in the refuge to meet budget targets.

The House has repeatedly approved ANWR drilling in recent years only to have the matter die in the Senate where opponents have used filibusters to block the legislation. The budget reconciliation document, which has the force of law if approved and signed by President Bush, is not subject to filibuster.

[RobFromGa]

Two dozen House Republicans, including freshman Washington state Rep. Dave Reichert and three committee chairmen, have asked Speaker Dennis Hastert not to use a budget procedure to clear the way for oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

[PolishProud]

Right, the budget reconciliation document, which has the force of law if approved and signed by President Bush, is not subject to filibuster.

[cotton1706]

Delay for what?? To empanel a committee to do a study?? Here's the procedure: Vote, dig a hole, get the oil.

[kellynla]

Refineries, refineries, refineries...

We haven't built a new refinery in America in 30 friggin' years...

[RobFromGa]

WASHINGTON Two dozen House Republicans have asked Speaker Dennis Hastert not to use a congressional budget procedure to clear the way for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. House Science Chairman Sherwood Boehlert from New York is among them.

The congressmen say the budget process is not the right forum for debating the drilling issue.

House leaders say they haven't decided to include a provision authorizing oil lease sales in the Alaska refuge in a so-called budget "reconciliation" document.

The document isn't open to filibuster, which the Senate has used to block legislation approving Alaska drilling.

The 24 G-O-P lawmakers who signed the letter did not all say they would vote against the budget if a drilling provision were included.

[JusticeForAll76]

Right,

And that fact should be be discussed, and quicky ruled irrelevant.

There are still good jobs that will be created here. All we should be discussing is whether the possible environmental damage is worth the potential business gain.

[RobFromGa]

Among those signing the letter were three committee chairmen: Science Chairman Sherwood Boehlert of New York, Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, and Government Reform Chairman Thomas Davis of Virginia.

[Rockitz]

These guys are undoubtedly RINOS and muuch like their RAT cousins the only thing important to a RINO is getting reelected.