They are warming up the drills for ANWR

What happened to their Christian God command of being "stewards of the land"?
If Hell exists, then these animals have a room waiting for them.

Did any Dems vote for this?

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Senate Votes to Forbid Drilling Filibuster
Senate Budget Committee Votes to Forbid Filibusters Against Alaskan Drilling Laws
By ALAN FRAM
The Associated Press

Mar. 10, 2005 - Democrats trying to head off the opening of an Alaskan wildlife refuge for oil exploration lost the year's first skirmish Thursday as the Senate Budget Committee voted to clear the way for drilling.

By a 12-10 vote, the Republican-led panel voted to forbid Senate filibusters against legislation later this year allowing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Filibusters, a procedural delay, require the votes of 60 of the 100 senators to end a margin that drilling supporters would probably find difficult to achieve.

The vote kept intact language in the $2.56 trillion budget granting the procedural protection to the opening of the reserve, which has pitted economic and environmental interests against each other. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., who led the effort to strip the provision, said putting it in the budget was "a backdoor maneuver."

But Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said claims of potential environmental damage go "far beyond reality" and said the reserve would create jobs.

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