Senator Ted Stevens R-Washington attached the ANWR drilling initiative to a defense spending bill. He didn't think fellow Senators would risk voting against funds for troops and Katrina victims to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Senator Maria Cantwell D-Washington was correct in referring to his strategy as "legislative blackmail." Stevens has aggressively supported ANWR drilling for 25 of his 37 years in the Senate. Today he was denied a victory. No doubt, he will persevere.
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