WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 52-to-48 on Wednesday to reject oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
The drilling proposal, a key component of the Bush administration's energy plan, was attached to a 2004 budget resolution before the Senate. The measure would have included in the budget more than $2 billion in federal revenue collected from leasing fees that oil companies would pay to drill in ANWR.
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