Breaking (Good) News on ANWR drilling...

Red State reports that the Senate Budget Committee voted 12-10 against a measure that would have stricken down a provision to allow for oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) within the Budget bill.

As a budget provision, ANWR will not be subject to a Dem filibuster and will pass on a simple majority vote. Democrat Russ Feingold of Wisconsin complained that this was a "backdoor maneuver" to help the drilling provision through the Senate, still wishing that the provision would have been voted on as a separate piece of legislation, as it had been in years past, allowing the Dems to block it with a minority of 41 votes.

Bite me, Russ! It's the only way to keep you guys from obstructionism.

Damn, it's good to see the Senate GOP start to find their balls again. I've already made the case before, so I won't repeat myself.

Now send it to the President's desk with the new budget and let's get the ball rolling...

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