Republicans Clashing Over Artic Drilling…
Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR December 9, 2005 at 04:29 PM
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A seemingly hopeless divide within the Republican Party over oil drilling in a pristine wildlife refuge in Alaska is threatening to block unrelated budget cuts that are a central pillar of the GOP's plans for this year.
The battle pits about two dozen pro-environment and newly empowered House Republicans against veteran GOP proponents of drilling who say the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge may hold up to $500 billion worth of oil vital to the nation's energy needs. Neither side is budging.
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posted by Kangaroo Brisbane Australia at 10:30 AM
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The state of Alaska can either sink into the Arctic, be returned to Russia, or whatever.
Those fascist bastards on doled-out oil dividends should stop screwing around with the politics of the rest of the US.
I visited that poor excuse of a state in 2002, and found it to be far more reactionary than the average Bible Belt state.
Statehood for Alaska was a BIG MISTAKE.
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