2.
DRILL BITTEN
To open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas
drilling, President Bush will have to change the minds of seven
Republican senators who are on the record as opposed to drilling.
Last year, proponents of drilling won a symbolic 51-49 vote.  In the
fall election, however, anti-drilling forces gained seats, and the
votes would now seem to line up as 54 against drilling and 46 in
favor of drilling.  Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.), chair of the Senate
Environmental and Public Works Committee, is among those Republicans
who oppose drilling.  The others are Susan Collins and Olympia Snow
of Maine, James Jeffords of Vermont, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island,
Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois, and Richard Lugar of Indiana.

straight to the source:  Orange County Register, Associated Press, H.
Josef Hebert, 10 Feb 2001
<http://www.ocregister.com/politics/10refuge1cci.shtml>

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