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Offline thackney

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Senate votes to raise revenue by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
« on: October 23, 2017, 01:06:20 pm »
Senate votes to raise revenue by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/19/senate-votes-to-raise-revenue-by-drilling-in-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge
 October 19, 2017

The Senate rejected an amendment Thursday that sought to block a key panel from raising revenue through drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a move that could make it easier for future oil and gas drilling to take place there.

Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash.), the top Democrat on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, offered a budget amendment that would have removed instructions to the panel to raise an additional $1 billion through federal leasing. It failed 48 to 52 on a largely party-line vote, with only Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin (W.Va.) breaking ranks. Collins voted in favor of Cantwell’s amendment, while Manchin opposed it.

The vote, which came before the Senate approved Republicans’ proposed budget, represented a victory for the GOP and a defeat for environmentalists. The Trump administration is quietly moving to spur energy exploration in the refuge for the first time in more than 30 years by considering whether to allow seismic testing there, but only Congress can determine whether oil and gas drilling can take place within its 19.6 million acres.
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Re: Senate votes to raise revenue by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2017, 06:12:32 pm »
Collins is in no small part responsible for a terrible wing of the party.

She needs to be Bannoned.
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Re: Senate votes to raise revenue by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2017, 11:04:22 pm »
Something that should have been done long ago!
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Re: Senate votes to raise revenue by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2017, 12:28:49 am »
ISailed wrote:
"Collins is in no small part responsible for a terrible wing of the party.
She needs to be Bannoned."

I've mentioned this before:
Paul LePage, Maine's independent governor, is term-limited and has to vacate the office.
Could he be recruited to run against her?
I think he could beat her, either in the Republican primary to run "as a Republican", or perhaps just running as an independent...
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Re: Senate votes to raise revenue by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2017, 12:34:12 am »
Right move, wrong reason. Cut the spending, dammit.
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Re: Senate votes to raise revenue by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2017, 12:36:44 am »
They are only doing it because the Russians have started their own operation there.
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Re: Senate votes to raise revenue by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2017, 11:45:14 am »
Quote from: DemolitionMan on October 24, 2017, 12:36:44 am
They are only doing it because the Russians have started their own operation there.

You think the Russians are operating in ANWR?
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Re: Senate votes to raise revenue by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2017, 12:16:56 pm »
Quote from: DemolitionMan on October 24, 2017, 12:36:44 am
They are only doing it because the Russians have started their own operation there.
Russians drilling in US territory?  Where is your proof?
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