[CTRL] ANWR wins a 1, 2 3 punch in the Congress!!!!!
-Caveat Lector- back to anwr.org ANWR Wins One, Two, Three Punch! Legislative victories on opening ANWR are on their way to Congressional success with three crucial victories from votes in the US Senate. A provision to allow for responsible oil and gas exploration in the 10-02 Area of the Coastal Plain of ANWR was added to the Budget Process due to the $2.4 billion estimate from lease sale revenues the federal government would gain in the first two years after Presidential signature. The US Senate began voting on the Budget Reconciliation Bill (S. 1932) Thursday morning, starting with a daylong slew of amendments. The Cantwell Amendment (S.2358) by Washington Senator Maria Cantwell (long an opponent of environmentally responsible development in ANWR) became the first success. The amendment was a motion to strike ANWR language from the Budget Bill and that was defeated by pro-ANWR forces 51-48 (1 non-voting) lead by the Senior Senator from Alaska Ted Stevens and Alaskas Senator Lisa Murkowski. The vote took place at about 11am and was viewed from the Senate galleries by a large delegation of Alaskan Inupiat from the North Slope who had spent the entire week in D.C. working the issue in the Halls of Congress. The vote very nearly mirrored the same amendment put forth in the Spring this year again by Cantwell which was defeated 51-49. Soon after the Wyden Amendment to ban exports of Alaskan oil (S2362) was passed 83-16 (1 not- voting) with little problems. Senators Stevens and Murkowski (R-AK) voted with the bill after clarification that it was not subject to the Byrd Rule and thus could not be used to hang up future Budget proceedings. The Byrd Rule is a Senate practice that no non-budgetary items can be passed in the Budget process. The Senates afternoon continued on a vote-a-rama of amendments to the grand finale Budget Reconciliation Bill (S. 1932 (Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005). That was passed just after 6pm with a vote of 52-47 (1 non voting) leading to ANWRs future path open to meet the House Budget Reconciliation Bill in Conference sometime in the beginning of December. Overall it was a stellar hat trick for ANWR and all those who have fought so hard for it! But the victory was made just the more sweet by the defeat of a little known last ditch effort Senator Cantwell and environmentalist forces made in the early afternoon. Cantwell submitted an obscure and technically bizarre amendment S.2400 to ensure the payment to the Treasury of the United States of 50 percent of revenues from oil and gas leasing and production on the Coastal Plain yet framed in potential hang-ups with future legal suits waged against ANWR development. Senator Stevens called the amendment just another backdoor attempt to scuttle future ANWR development by environmentalists. A vote of 51-48 sent Cantwell and her second monkey wrench packing. The House of Representatives will begin deliberation on their version of the Budget Reconciliation Bill next week and possibly vote on it then. The two versions will be reconciled in a joint Conference Committee in approximately three weeks time. The votes for Thursday are as follows: Cantwell Amendment 2358 Motion to Strike ANWR drilling provision from the Budget Reconciliation Bill NAYS (51) Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Inouye (D-HI) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Roberts (R-KS) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) YEAS (48) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Clinton (D-NY) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Harkin (D-IA) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) McCain (R-AZ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Salazar (D-CO) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR) NOT VOTING Corzine (D-NJ) Wyden Amendment S.2362 To enhance the energy security of the United States by prohibiting the exportation of oil and gas produced under leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. YEAS Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden
Re: [CTRL] ANWR wins a 1, 2 3 punch in the Congress!!!!!
-Caveat Lector- Does this mean that Bacon will get a big bonus from whatever petroleum thugs have been paying him to write this shit for all these years? On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 05:24:59AM -0500, William A. Bacon wrote: -Caveat Lector- back to anwr.org ANWR Wins One, Two, Three Punch! Legislative victories on opening ANWR are on their way to Congressional success with three crucial victories from votes in the US Senate. A provision to allow for responsible oil and gas exploration in the 10-02 Area of the Coastal Plain of ANWR was added to the Budget Process due to the $2.4 billion estimate from lease sale revenues the federal government would gain in the first two years after Presidential signature. The US Senate began voting on the Budget Reconciliation Bill (S. 1932) Thursday morning, starting with a daylong slew of amendments. The Cantwell Amendment (S.2358) by Washington Senator Maria Cantwell (long an opponent of environmentally responsible development in ANWR) became the first success. The amendment was a motion to strike ANWR language from the Budget Bill and that was defeated by pro-ANWR forces 51-48 (1 non-voting) lead by the Senior Senator from Alaska Ted Stevens and Alaskas Senator Lisa Murkowski. The vote took place at about 11am and was viewed from the Senate galleries by a large delegation of Alaskan Inupiat from the North Slope who had spent the entire week in D.C. working the issue in the Halls of Congress. The vote very nearly mirrored the same amendment put forth in the Spring this year again by Cantwell which was defeated 51-49. Soon after the Wyden Amendment to ban exports of Alaskan oil (S2362) was passed 83-16 (1 not- voting) with little problems. Senators Stevens and Murkowski (R-AK) voted with the bill after clarification that it was not subject to the Byrd Rule and thus could not be used to hang up future Budget proceedings. The Byrd Rule is a Senate practice that no non-budgetary items can be passed in the Budget process. The Senates afternoon continued on a vote-a-rama of amendments to the grand finale Budget Reconciliation Bill (S. 1932 (Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005). That was passed just after 6pm with a vote of 52-47 (1 non voting) leading to ANWRs future path open to meet the House Budget Reconciliation Bill in Conference sometime in the beginning of December. Overall it was a stellar hat trick for ANWR and all those who have fought so hard for it! But the victory was made just the more sweet by the defeat of a little known last ditch effort Senator Cantwell and environmentalist forces made in the early afternoon. Cantwell submitted an obscure and technically bizarre amendment S.2400 to ensure the payment to the Treasury of the United States of 50 percent of revenues from oil and gas leasing and production on the Coastal Plain yet framed in potential hang-ups with future legal suits waged against ANWR development. Senator Stevens called the amendment just another backdoor attempt to scuttle future ANWR development by environmentalists. A vote of 51-48 sent Cantwell and her second monkey wrench packing. The House of Representatives will begin deliberation on their version of the Budget Reconciliation Bill next week and possibly vote on it then. The two versions will be reconciled in a joint Conference Committee in approximately three weeks time. The votes for Thursday are as follows: Cantwell Amendment 2358 Motion to Strike ANWR drilling provision from the Budget Reconciliation Bill NAYS (51) Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Inouye (D-HI) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Roberts (R-KS) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH) Warner (R-VA) YEAS (48) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Clinton (D-NY) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Dayton (D-MN) DeWine (R-OH) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Harkin (D-IA) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Lincoln (D-AR) McCain (R-AZ) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Nelson (D-NE) Obama (D-IL) Pryor (D-AR) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Salazar (D-CO) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Smith (R-OR) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Wyden (D-OR) NOT VOTING Corzine (D-NJ) Wyden
Re: [CTRL] ANWR wins a 1, 2 3 punch in the Congress!!!!!
-Caveat Lector- Does this mean that opec will have to ereally increase it payment to fascists like Mark S Bilk in an effort to keep us dependent on opec? Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations visit my web site at http://www.info-quest.org Visit my energy page at http://www.info-quest.org/Energy.html Check out the latest on the anwr drilling project http://www.anwr.org visit my blog at http://info-spectrum.blogspot.com My ICQ# is 79071904 See the Pledge of alleginace to the flag that the 9th circuit court of appeals doesn't want you to say. for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.info-quest.org/Enumerated.html On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, Mark S Bilk wrote: -Caveat Lector- Does this mean that Bacon will get a big bonus from whatever petroleum thugs have been paying him to write this shit for all these years? On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 05:24:59AM -0500, William A. Bacon wrote: -Caveat Lector- back to anwr.org ANWR Wins One, Two, Three Punch! Legislative victories on opening ANWR are on their way to Congressional success with three crucial victories from votes in the US Senate. A provision to allow for responsible oil and gas exploration in the 10-02 Area of the Coastal Plain of ANWR was added to the Budget Process due to the $2.4 billion estimate from lease sale revenues the federal government would gain in the first two years after Presidential signature. The US Senate began voting on the Budget Reconciliation Bill (S. 1932) Thursday morning, starting with a daylong slew of amendments. The Cantwell Amendment (S.2358) by Washington Senator Maria Cantwell (long an opponent of environmentally responsible development in ANWR) became the first success. The amendment was a motion to strike ANWR language from the Budget Bill and that was defeated by pro-ANWR forces 51-48 (1 non-voting) lead by the Senior Senator from Alaska Ted Stevens and Alaskas Senator Lisa Murkowski. The vote took place at about 11am and was viewed from the Senate galleries by a large delegation of Alaskan Inupiat from the North Slope who had spent the entire week in D.C. working the issue in the Halls of Congress. The vote very nearly mirrored the same amendment put forth in the Spring this year again by Cantwell which was defeated 51-49. Soon after the Wyden Amendment to ban exports of Alaskan oil (S2362) was passed 83-16 (1 not- voting) with little problems. Senators Stevens and Murkowski (R-AK) voted with the bill after clarification that it was not subject to the Byrd Rule and thus could not be used to hang up future Budget proceedings. The Byrd Rule is a Senate practice that no non-budgetary items can be passed in the Budget process. The Senates afternoon continued on a vote-a-rama of amendments to the grand finale Budget Reconciliation Bill (S. 1932 (Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005). That was passed just after 6pm with a vote of 52-47 (1 non voting) leading to ANWRs future path open to meet the House Budget Reconciliation Bill in Conference sometime in the beginning of December. Overall it was a stellar hat trick for ANWR and all those who have fought so hard for it! But the victory was made just the more sweet by the defeat of a little known last ditch effort Senator Cantwell and environmentalist forces made in the early afternoon. Cantwell submitted an obscure and technically bizarre amendment S.2400 to ensure the payment to the Treasury of the United States of 50 percent of revenues from oil and gas leasing and production on the Coastal Plain yet framed in potential hang-ups with future legal suits waged against ANWR development. Senator Stevens called the amendment just another backdoor attempt to scuttle future ANWR development by environmentalists. A vote of 51-48 sent Cantwell and her second monkey wrench packing. The House of Representatives will begin deliberation on their version of the Budget Reconciliation Bill next week and possibly vote on it then. The two versions will be reconciled in a joint Conference Committee in approximately three weeks time. The votes for Thursday are as follows: Cantwell Amendment 2358 Motion to Strike ANWR drilling provision from the Budget Reconciliation Bill NAYS (51) Akaka (D-HI) Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Inouye (D-HI) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Martinez (R-FL) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Roberts (R-KS) Santorum (R-PA)
