Kerry: A Win for Reform as ANWR Drilling is Removed from Defense Bill

John Kerry: A Win for Reform as ANWR Drilling is Removed from Defense Appropriations Bill
December 21st, 2005

As Ron posted a short time ago, the Senate rejected ANWR Drilling. Ted Stevens denied Democratic charges that he violated a Senate rule (see this post for rule violation) “to get the drilling provision inserted into the defense appropriations bill. “There’s nothing I’ve done here that violated the rules,” he said.”

John Kerry made the following statement after defeating an attempt to include drilling for oil in the Arctic Refuge as part of the Defense Appropriations Bill:

“The Senate today stood up against a dangerous abuse of power and made it clear it’s unacceptable to put oil companies ahead of our troops. We won’t be bullied, we won’t be blackmailed. The lines have rarely been drawn so clearly between right and wrong. It’s wrong to put the wishes of oil companies ahead of brave American soldiers. It’s right to stand up, speak your mind, and follow your conscience by keeping faith with our troops and starting to fix a broken Washington. This is just the start. As long as I have a vote in the United States Senate, I won’t let special interest demands destroy the environment and endanger our energy security. This is a start to the fight to reform Washington.”

LINKS - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1484

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That we get to rest from this for a little while. And a little while it will be.

for all the Dems who stuck together. Kudos to Maria Cantwell and to everyone else who has fought the good fight on this for many, many years.

ANWR is just too precious as a last pristine wilderness.

I get why Landrieu voted for cloture, ie some funding for NOLA in the amendment according to Stevens.

Has there been other funding for NOLA?

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A happy moment for my 1000th post!

Thank god for DU and you Kerrygoddess!

I guess it's time to pull out last year's Kerry-tree and don the decorations!

Kicked and nominated

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Good work for the Dems today! :kick: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: