ACT NOW TO KEEP ARCTIC OUT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS:
VOTES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY


Right now we are doing everything possible to get Arctic drilling pulled out 
of the DOD bill.

Call Your Senators Now to fight for honest debate save the Arctic Refuge.

Senator Charles Grassley: (202) 224-3744 or (515) 288-1145
Senator Tom Harkin: (202) 224-3254 or (515) 284-4574


And SIGN the Cantwell Petition at http://www.cantwell.com/

After failed attempts to include Arctic Refuge drilling in the budget 
reconciliation, pro-drilling legislators have attached a drilling provision 
to the Defense Department funding bill. The House passed its version of the 
measure early Monday; the Senate could vote at any time.

ASK your Senators to remove Arctic drilling from the Defense Appropriations 
bill.

A vote for the Arctic is not a vote against the nation's military. If 
Senator Johnson supports a filibuster to remove the Arctic drilling from the 
defense bill, it will have no effect -- none -- on U.S. troops in Iraq. 
Instead, congressional leaders will strip the Arctic provision from the 
defense bill, hold a quick conference and send it back to the House and 
Senate for passage, with no impact on the military's finances. Senator
Stevens himself stated that he could easily go back to conference and remove 
the Arctic drilling provision from the appropriations package.

Polls show that people here strongly oppose Arctic drilling and understand 
it will not reduce fuel prices or lead the nation any closer to energy 
independence. The Arctic Refuge is an environmental icon for good reason.

ASK your Senator to do whatever it takes including filibuster to remove 
Arctic drilling out of the DOD bill.

Senator Cantwell has stood up to Stevens and is fighting to get the Arctic 
out of the DOD appropriations bill. Please support her efforts by signing 
her online petition.
http://www.cantwell.com/

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