Coleman votes in favor of debating ANWR provision in defense bill

Coleman votes in favor of debating ANWR provision in defense bill

Last Updated: 12/21/2005 8:22:00 PM

Sen. Norm Coleman, an opponent of drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, voted against a filibuster Wednesday that succeeded in stripping a drilling go-ahead from the defense bill, drawing criticism from environmental groups and Minnesota Democrats.

Coleman, R-Minn., said the bill deserved an up-or-down vote, and that he would have voted against it if ANWR survived. But environmental groups said his vote against the filibuster amounted to a breaking of his 2002 campaign pledge to oppose ANWR drilling.

"I'm against the filibuster," Coleman told reporters Wednesday night. "Things deserve an-up-or down vote. All this does is delay the discussion. So ANWR will come up again in the energy bill next year."

Coleman said it was important that the defense bill come up for a vote, not only because of the funding for troops, but because of money for Hurricane Katrina relief and low-income heating relief.
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http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=114220

off limits. He was a military man and a president. You would think the GOP could at least respect their own.

...is whatever puts power/money/influence in Norm the Weasel's hands. He thinks that by being a good little buttboy for the Bushbots he'll "move up" in the Reich.

"Gauleiter Coleman".... has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

vindictively,
Bright

or a fraud, maybe a wilful player in this attempted charade, or an easily led idiot.

the reason to drill in anwar isn't because the war effort needs more money

its painfully obvious, right?

years left of this opportunist pig. :cry: