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Senate Blocks Alaska Refuge Drilling
AP on Yahoo ^
| 12/21/05
| H. Josef Hebert - ap
Posted on 12/21/2005 9:52:59 AM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - The Senate blocked oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge Wednesday, rejecting a measure that had been put into a must-pass defense spending bill in an attempt to garner wider support.
Drilling supporters fell four votes short of getting the required 60 votes to avoid a threatened filibuster of the defense measure over the oil drilling issue. Senate leaders were expected to withraw the legislation so it could be reworked without the refuge language. The vote was 56-44.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; alaska; anwr; blocks; drilling; minorityrule; obstructionistdems; refuge; senate
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To: NormsRevenge
DeWine and one other against.
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:53:50 AM PST
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: NormsRevenge; Admin Moderator
Should this be in Breaking, instead of Front Page?
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:54:02 AM PST
by
Pyro7480
(Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
To: NormsRevenge
The Senate where things go to die. Does Dewine really think he is going to win in Ohio next year, after the deal of 14, voting against small spendng cuts and ANWR?
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:54:02 AM PST
by
jbwbubba
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:54:37 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: Pyro7480
There's already a thread in BN.
To: NormsRevenge
The writer of this article knows very well the procedural moves which are coming to overturn this block, but neglected to mention them in the article.
To: NormsRevenge
Good Grief! |
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:55:09 AM PST
by
Fiddlstix
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To: NormsRevenge
The 'Club' mentality of the Senate is an anachronism. Wonder when these Elites will start to forego 'Senate Rules' in favor of real progress and achievement.
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:55:22 AM PST
by
TCats
To: NormsRevenge
The correct headline should be Senate refuses to limit debate on the bill.
To: ncountylee
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:55:35 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(The United States Senate is the best argument for a unicameral legislature)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:55:57 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: Admin Moderator
There's already a thread in BN.
More like 3 . :-D
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:56:07 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
These Dems can block an awful lot of legislation without ever having to conduct an actual filibuster. The only sane conclusion is that the GOP majority likes it that way.
To: NormsRevenge
DeWine's DC office phone number
202 224-2315
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:56:14 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(The United States Senate is the best argument for a unicameral legislature)
To: jbwbubba
Filibuster over the Holidays. We are at war with no FY-06 Defense Budget!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:56:15 AM PST
by
Wristpin
("The Yankees have decided to buy every player in Baseball....")
To: NormsRevenge
I think it was more than a little sleazy, to have attached it to the defense bill anyway.
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:56:35 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: NormsRevenge
... In other news, the Saudi Royal family all had big smiles on their faces today for an undisclosed reason.
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:56:38 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: dubyaismypresident
To: Mount Athos
Thanks for saying that; it wasn't defeated; they voted not to stop the pseudo fillibuster.
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posted on
12/21/2005 9:56:51 AM PST
by
Howlin
(Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts. - GWB, 12/18/05)
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