Senate Rejects Alaska Wildlife Refuge Drilling Proposal
20 March 2003 - 11:00am
The Bush administration's proposal to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been rejected by the U.S. Senate.
"The Republican-controlled Senate narrowly rejected President Bush's proposal to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling today as his GOP allies scrambled to fend off a bipartisan challenge to his proposal for another round of big tax cuts."
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Senate Rejects Drilling in Alaska Refuge
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The Washington Post, March 19, 2003
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