"WASHINGTON— Sen. Pete Domenici on Thursday suggested opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling as part of a major U.S. production initiative to help drive down gasoline prices.
The measure also calls for oil drilling in parts of the outer-continental shelf off both coasts, mining oil shale in Colorado and other Rocky Mountain states, and a temporary suspension of U.S. oil deposits in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Domenici, the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, unveiled his bill during a Capitol Hill news conference along with a dozen other Senate Republicans.
Senate Democrats said the bill's chance of passage— especially containing the ANWR provision— is slim."
The measure also calls for oil drilling in parts of the outer-continental shelf off both coasts, mining oil shale in Colorado and other Rocky Mountain states, and a temporary suspension of U.S. oil deposits in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Domenici, the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, unveiled his bill during a Capitol Hill news conference along with a dozen other Senate Republicans.
Senate Democrats said the bill's chance of passage— especially containing the ANWR provision— is slim."
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