Now that the ANWR drilling proposal is part of a budget bill immune to Senate filibusters, it is the House that's having difficulty advancing the drilling plan. That's because Democrats oppose the overall budget bill, giving House GOP opponents of drilling in the Arctic great leverage to try and force it out of the bill.
Twenty-five Republicans, led by Rep. Charles Bass (news, bio, voting record) of New Hampshire, have signed a letter asking GOP leaders to strike the Alaskan drilling provision from the broader $54 billion budget cut bill.
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Bass and the (M)ilk, you are class A-1 asses, imo.
Bass of NH, the (snicker) conservative bastion of the NE. New England strikes again! (Guess 'ol Charlie forgets how much his constituents rely on oil this time of year. Let them eat cake!)
Is there a list of the 25 sobs?
So all these reps from other states opposes drilling in AK. Maybe the AK reps need to insist that NYC be allowed to go back to its pristine natural state.
Surely there are a few Democrats who aren't as stupid as these RINOs and will vote for the bill.
Softy GOP Senators are maneuvering for a run for the Presidency, and trying to convert "moderate Dems" to their
causes. Little do they no, there are very few "moderate Dems" after years of anti Bush propaganda from the media. The softy GOP Senators will be playing to 2 largely empty halls, One empty GOP Hall ( we will abandon them), and one empty Moderate Dem Hall( they are non - existant).
So Bass and his comrades think that Americans don't mind paying three bucks a gallon for gas? That's what they are saying here.
25 Republicans? My goodness, no wonder President Bush has trouble doing battle with the Dims when he has flaky Republicans like that in his foxhole. What is the problem with drilling in ANWAR and finding alternate sources of energy? These silly SOBs need to get off their collective asses and take action instead of thinking of imposing a windfall profit tax on oil companies.
It sounds like every single Democrat is voting against it. That is the root cause of failure. Hastert needs 10-15 Democrats who love this country.
If the Republicans cannot come up with a sane energy policy of opening up areas in this country to drill, dropping some of the ridiculous restrictions to building refineries, etc. they are no better than the Democrats. When they piled on the oil cos. and showed their true socialist colors in wanting a "windfall profits" tax that people will get to pay at the pump, I knew they had abandoned me along with free market policies. It will be a cold day in he!! before I vote for another Republican because he is "the lesser of the two evils." They are proving daily that they are every bit as evil, not to mention stupid, as the Democrats.
Send RINO and Big Tenter appeasers to France where they will fit right in!
I'm trying to find the list online. So far, I get:
Nancy Johnson (R-CT)
Rob Simmons (R-CT)
Chris Shays (R-CT)
Jeb Bradley (R-NH)
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Thomas Davis (R-VA)
Anyone who opposes ANWR drilling now is an IDIOT. in an age of $60/barrel oil, with almost $1 TRILLION WORTH OF OIL in that frozen tundra, This is tantamount to throwing away a trillion dollars solely for emotionalism (since there is absolutely NO real environmental danger/impact from ANWR drilling).
Can we tolerate throwing away that amount of money and give instead to Chevez, Iran etc.? Of course not. It is absurd!
This is exactly why conservatives should refuse to give a nickle to the RNC. Why should we finance the campaigns of RINOs who stab us in the back at every turn?
How many frickn' times to they have to "pass" this? It seems every other month it's "passed" only to not be. Senate, House, Senate again, House again, yes, no, no, yes.
I'm getting sick and tired of these jerks. But oh, they can grandstand with oil company execs at "hearings".
Once, JUST ONCE, I wish someone like the ExxonMobil guy shove their BS back down their throats and point out all the crap they do with taxes and over-regulation and environmental weenie laws that keep these companies from giving us cheaper, more efficient energy.
But for some reason they think this will hurt their PR. Bull - I'll buy their products exclusively if their CEO would tell some pinhead Senator to go F themselves.
If this happens I may consider joining those who will no longer support the republicans. This is outrageous to the extreme.