a win for the good guys

Cloture Fails On Defense Approps W/ ANWR
By a vote of 56 to 44, the Senate failed to stop debate on the '06 defense appropriations bill with the ANWR drilling provision attached.It now returns to conference, where members will likely strip the ANWR plank from the text and resubmit it for a vote.

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I have never understood how completely unrelated subjects can be put together on a single bill to be voted on. Why & how ANWR drilling was attached to a defense bill will undoubtedly always be a mystery to me. Thank goodness the good guys got it removed!