Merry Christmas from Ted Stevens
House Backs Arctic Drilling at End of Marathon Session (NYT).
So, to bring everybody up to speed, this is the result of the latest attempt to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. Senator Ted Stevens* (R-AK) got drilling language attached to a bill to fund the Department of Defense and Katrina reconstruction. Very difficult to vote against. Dirty, dirty, dirty.
I want to be pissed at the House, but hell, if I had to work until 5 a.m. on a Sunday night, I might vote away my own mother. Actually, it gets even worse for those hard-working public servants, because this is what they were voting on at 6:20 a.m.:
So, to bring everybody up to speed, this is the result of the latest attempt to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development. Senator Ted Stevens* (R-AK) got drilling language attached to a bill to fund the Department of Defense and Katrina reconstruction. Very difficult to vote against. Dirty, dirty, dirty.
I want to be pissed at the House, but hell, if I had to work until 5 a.m. on a Sunday night, I might vote away my own mother. Actually, it gets even worse for those hard-working public servants, because this is what they were voting on at 6:20 a.m.:
H.R. 4510: to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the rotunda of the Capitol.*Who, I recently learned, frequently wears an Incredible Hulk tie to work
Labels: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, Christmas, Ted Stevens
posted by Waage on Monday, December 19, 2005
2 Comments:
I guess his crying on the Senate floor paid off for Stevens after all.
:) If you cry loud enough, you get what you want. Every 5 year old knows this...
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