The Republican-led push to open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling is back on CongressÂ’ table, after the Senate included that provision in its $2.8 trillion budget bill.Democrats were unable to block the provision after one of their own, Sen. Mary Landrieu, supported the budget bill, which passed 51-49 on Thursday. The Louisiana Democrat sided with Republicans after winning concessions to help her hurricane-damaged state of Louisiana and rest of the Gulf Coast....
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