ANWR and the Energy Bill

John is on the ramifications of the Repubs' Energy Bill:

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If it were really about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we'd be a hell of a lot more serious about reducing our dependency on oil, period. For instance, there wouldn't even be a debate about making SUVs more efficient, because they already would have been.

Unfortunately, the reality is that this Administration has long opposed efforts to curtail our consumption of oil. A recent example is another provision left out of the Energy Bill:

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