Posted on 05/05/2008 6:29:39 AM PDT by Red Badger
Makes you wonder why they didn’t do it back then.............. - They did!
...each time it was filibustered by libs and RINOs - and MCCAIN!
It's an election year. So they can nail the Democrats for the gigh price of fuel - Careful now…
the GOP couldn't actually pass this kind of legislation back in 2001 to 2007, because they had far too many RINOs in their ranks - led by MCCAIN
To put the Dems, esp. Barry Hussein and Shrillary, on record as opposing energy independence. - and MCCAIN!
Drilling in ANWR was debated in the Senate in April 2002. By a vote of 46 to 54, the Senate failed to vote cloture and thus limit debate on April 18th.
The sInate break down was thus...
Democrat (50 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (49 seats)
So...who were the republicans that sold us out?
Roll Call Vote
NAYs ---54
(republicans voting with the rats)
Chafee (R-RI) -- FIRED!
Collins (R-ME)
DeWine (R-OH) -- FIRED!
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
* John Sydney McCain (R-AZ) * -- "presumptive” republican presidential nominee...yippee!
Smith (R-NH)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
YEAs ---46
(Rats voting with the Republicans)
Akaka (D-HI)
Breaux (D-LA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Miller (D-GA)
Drilling in ANWR came up for a vote again in 2005. Once again, the "republicans" in the sInate stopped it dead!
ARCTIC DRILLING (Published: 03.20.2005)
On Wednesday the Senate, voting 49 for and 51 against, rejected a plan ... to approve oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). This occurred during debate on the congressional budget blueprint (S Con Res 18).
A yes vote opposed ANWR drilling.
● Yes: John McCain, R -- Ooooops! There you are again, Johnny!
I think drilling in ANWR was approved in 1995 and then vetoed by Clinton.
Yes it was, which is why it was being voted on again in 2002 and 2005 when McCain vetoed it!
Next to your gun and Bible?..........
I’m too bitter to keep it their...by the way...which gun?
Yep
We’d have a million barrels per day comming our way by now!!!
Exactly! The Dems were in opposition mode and convinced the RINOS to go along. We didn't have $100 a barrel oil at the time, so they went before the American people saying that we didn't need to destroy the pristine wilderness for the sake of putting money in the pockets of the oil companies.
This year, they won't have an easy time trying to convince Americans looking at $3.50/gal gasoline that we don't need to tap domestic sources of oil, and build more refineries. I think the Repubs. will have a very good campaign issue in November, if the Dems continue being recalcitrant about it.
It should be a Presidential Executive order.
Chavez will pour a lot of money into the DNC to get this stopped.
We can't even develop shale oil with the stupid moratorium. We are absolutely suicidal with our energy policy in this country.
* Cease all ethanol production. It requires more energy to make than it yields and the unintended consequence is higher food costs. Corn production shifted from feed-corn to subsidized corn for ethanol. Just say "no" to ethanol!
* Immediately create only ONE "blend" of gasoline and cease regional "boutique" blends which are stupid, costly, and meaningless. Even if this is the "cleanest" blend, just make it ONE and be done with it. Trucking custom blends around the country is wasteful.
* Lift the restrictions in order to drill for oil in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, and other sites in the CONUS as a matter of national security.
* Encourage the petro industry to construct state-of-the-art refineries and/or retrofit current and dormant ones and crank up production for our newly-found oil in the CONUS.
* Make all “carbon credit” scams unlawful. Discrediting Algore should have been a slam-dunk a long time ago. Stop electing Reps who buy into the Global Warming Hoax.
* Construct SEVERAL, regional Pebble-Bed Reactors (or other similar modern designs) that are not considered "breeders", are rechargeable, and cleaner than any current nuclear generator design.
* Use the residual heat from the reactors above to process motor fuel from coal and/or shale. Even though Clinton "stole" some of the best coal reserves, we still have a lot to use.
* Become independent enough to make the cartels (i.e. OPEC) inconsequential.
* Convince local taxing bodies to lift or cap the sales tax on gasoline so that as gas prices go up, the local tax collectors don’t see a windfall revenue jump at the expense of the consumer. The Federal government could compel the states (and locals) to cap the fuel taxes.
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