Senate rejects plan to open Arctic refuge to drilling

Associated Press ^ | March 13, 2012 | Sean Cockerham

[Free ThinkerNY]

WASHINGTON _ The Senate on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a sweeping measure to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other protected areas to oil drilling, as well as to approve construction of the Keystone pipeline project.

Tuesday's vote was the first time in four years that the Senate has voted on a measure including ANWR drilling, and it failed miserably.

[Jonty30]

Give Soros a share of the Arctic drilling. It’ll be opened up first thing tomorrow.

[KansasGirl]

[ Two other Democrats, Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, also voted yes. All but seven Republicans _ Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Mike Lee of Utah and Scott Brown of Massachusetts _ voted in favor of the amendment. ]

DeMint voted no?! WTF! Rubio? Geesh!

[Libloather]

Heard the other day that 85% of the US is off limits to drilling. Sure explains a lot.

[muawiyah]

$9.00 per gallon gasoline will see this same crowd chasing each other down the street with pitchforks.

[stylin19a]

amazing headline...it was an amendment a transportation bill.

[kabar]

Two other Democrats, Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, also voted yes. All but seven Republicans _ Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Mike Lee of Utah and Scott Brown of Massachusetts _ voted in favor of the amendment

[Bender2]

Re: All but seven Republicans _ Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Mike Lee of Utah and Scott Brown of Massachusetts _ voted in favor of the amendment.

I can understand that the RINOS Snowe & Collins voting "no" and kind'a Scott Brown of Taxachusetts... but the others I don't quiet have a handle on their "no" votes--

[LaybackLenny]

OK, I’ll give the “Nay” vote to Rubio...I know FL’s sensitive to the drilling. But what’s with DeMint voting with Maine’s “Boobsy Twins” against this?

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Statists will never agree to this because it weakens government. Remember the good old days in the 1700s when we sent messengers to let our views be known so we wouldn’t have to leave our farms?? How did messengers turn into Senaors then turn into mini tyrants? You know what: I don’t like this messenger system anymore. They promised to protect and defend the COnstitution, but they fail at that every single day.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

The same party that voted down drilling in a tiny portion of ANWR, also supported importing ethanol from Brazil. Ethanol from crops grown on denuded tropical rain-forest — AKA “lungs of the Earth”. And they call themselves environmentalists.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Scott Brown, now there was a victory to celebrate for you, and I believe he voted in favor of Obamacare? Along with Snowe, Collins and Specter?

[Cyber Liberty]

DeMint and Rubio represent states that don’t want off-shore drilling. Both states have proven oil reserves that could be tapped with off-shore rigs. Ironically, in Rubio’s case, it won’t stop the drilling because the Chinese are tapping the same reserves off Cuba, with substantially reduced safety standards.

[WHATNEXT?]

I really trust DeMint...so I would want to hear his reasoning...something must have been wrong.

[dfwgator]

This country continues to commit slow suicide.

[CORedneck]

I am sick of these East Coast a-holes who have this elitist attitude where they think they know what is best for us in fly over country (their term). Drill here, Drill now !

[org.whodat]

Probably has something to do with the old senate rule of bringing the matter back to the floor. Demint, had to vote against it in order to call it back.

[thouworm]

Keywords say it all:

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[LaybackLenny]

I thought of that and I’m HOPING that’s the only reason.

[cripplecreek]

Natural gas on the north American continent (onshore alone) how many off limits sites can you find? There are some chunks.