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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DavesM who wrote (249047)	4/18/2002 12:27:54 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Respond to of 769667

Your point is well made.

To: DavesM who wrote (249047)	4/18/2002 12:55:06 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 769667

Good news! WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a major defeat for the Bush administration's energy plan, the Democrat-led U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a White House proposal to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Republican lawmakers failed to get the 60 votes necessary under Senate rules to end debate on the controversial drilling proposal and block a threatened filibuster from Democrats opposed to opening to refuge. ANWR, which is roughly the size of South Carolina, sprawls over 19 million acres on Alaska's northeast coast. The Bush administration and Republican lawmakers argued that ANWR's potential 16 billion barrels of oil would reduce U.S. oil imports from unfriendly nations like Iraq. However, Democrats succeeded in their argument that the refuge does not hold enough oil to significantly reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil, and that the area's polar bears and other wildlife should not be threatened.