oh, and congress snuck the alaskan refuge oil drilling bill through...

[acroyear]

The House attached it to a completely unrelated bill (on defense spending) that was guarenteed to pass.  The head of the committee that got it through just happens to be from Alaska.

Why not NOW, when the abuse is so obvious, aren't the republicans clammoring for that absolutely essential line item veto that they were pushing so hard back in the 80's?

(not that it would matter in this instance, as the "president" has been trying to get alaska destroyed for the money since he arrived...)

update: protests by democrats got the measure taken off before a final vote.

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[rsteachout.livejournal.com]

Oh, and it still has to get through the Senate, which is the house that has usually defeated and bottled up this provision.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

yeah, they're talking about having to call the house back into session next week after Christmas because they'll have to vote on the compromises required by the Sentate's voting, both on this and on the Patriot act extensions (especially as the extensions have to be passed or will get dropped at the end of the year).