The U.S. House once again passed a bill to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, voting 237-187 Thursday on a measure expected to die in the Senate.
"This is my 12th time passing ANWR out of the House and although this is a momentous day, there is still work to be done," said U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska. He said the Senate should get moving.
The legislation, which contains other controversial drilling and pipeline provisions, faces much bigger obstacles in the Senate and with President Obama, said Alaska's senators, Republican Lisa Murkowski and Democrat Mark Begich.
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We need to start doing something, gas may be $5 a gallon before summer or a lot more if it hits the fan in Iran.
ReplyDeleteIt would only take a couple ships sunk in that channel to the Gulf, and that would hold up most of the worlds oil for a good while.
I'm all about conservation and the environment, but this is about national security and our dependence on Arab oil.