Republican Tactic Aims to Open Eastern Gulf, Arctic to Oil Rigs
- Plan could open areas put off-limits for drilling under Obama
- Lawmakers use congressional budget rules to advance priorities
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Congressional Republicans have found a way to use the federal budget to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling -- and they don’t plan on stopping there.
GOP leaders in the House and Senate are exploring ways to also expand drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as well as the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans through congressional budget rules that allow them to pass major policy changes on a simple majority vote.