Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - Page updated at 11:39 a.m.
Senate votes to open oil drilling in Alaska's ANWR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Amid the backdrop of soaring oil and gasoline prices, a sharply divided Senate today voted to open the ecologically rich Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling, delivering a major energy policy win for President Bush.
The Senate, by a 51-49 vote, rejected an attempt by Democrats and GOP moderates to remove a refuge drilling provision from next year's budget, preventing opponents from using a filibuster — a tactic that has blocked repeated past attempts to open the Alaska refuge to oil companies.
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