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...highest level ever, and domestic production had declined to levels not seen since 1950. Now President Bush has his own plan to jump-start oil production. He wants to begin drilling in a portion of the 1.5 million-acre arctic coastal-plain area of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), which covers a total of 19 million acres. According to the White House, the President "believes that opening this small area to environmentally responsible exploration would provide the resources necessary to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of oil and provide for greater energy security...
...would ease salmon protections in the Pacific Northwest, and Washington would soften rules on logging and energy conservation. Opponents predict a new wave of even bolder measures in the coming months that could affect water and air quality and renew efforts to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling. In response to the critics, White House spokesman Scott McClellan says, "There are a number of alarmist groups out there that are trying to promote fear in order to boost their own fund raising...
...compromise. And as far as the right wing of the GOP is concerned, that's just fine. For moderates, however, and even for President Bush, Nickles' tendency for intractability could mean more fruitless standoffs with Democrats - catastrophe, in other words, for the bipartisan spirit. Nickles' record - for drilling in ANWR, vehemently opposed to all types of abortion EM] is solidly pro-growth and anti-government intrusion. In other words, he would have no trouble filling Lott's seat at the table...
...Certainly the White House doesn't sound too worried. Grilled on the subject of rising pump prices Wednesday, press secretary Ari Fleischer dismissed the idea and drily referred reporters to his boss' energy legislation (including ANWR drilling) as a way to reduce the American dependence on foreign oil - perhaps the Senate should consider passing...
...Bartlett, the White House communications director, says Bush intends to fight for those nominees, but then he also insists Bush fought hard for Pickering. To counter the Democrats, the President plans to spend the coming months pushing Congress to pass an energy bill that includes drilling in the ANWR, more tax cuts for small businesses and a patients' bill of rights. "There's a healthy agenda out there," says Nick Calio, Bush's chief liaison to Congress, "waiting to be acted...