WASHINGTON - A solid phalanx of Republican moderates drove House GOP leaders to drop a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wilderness area to oil drilling as a sweeping budget bill headed toward a vote Thursday.
A plan to allow states to lift a moratorium on oil drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts was also axed.
Another sign that the Indictments and Investigations of the republican leadership are weakening their power. Only those on the far right of the political spectrum wants to be seen standing next to DeLay, Frist or Bush.
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Lets see if it can make past the conferance committee (two Alaske repubs sit on that)
Good point, but with the moderate republicans now runnin away from bush and the wingnut right, there is a chance even they can force the issue
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