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To: ColtonGang who wrote (167820)8/5/2001 5:13:04 PM
From: ColtonGang  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769667
 
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., was more blunt. "The idea of drilling in the Arctic refuge is dead in the Senate," he said on ABC. "It's a short-term quick fix to a long-term problem, and it ruins forever one of the most beautiful places in the United States of America."

Card, for his part, said it would "a mistake for the senators to be shortsighted" and filibuster the drilling plan, but he acknowledged the proposal faces an uphill battle in the Senate.