Ahh, but did you keep reading and see what they are attaching to this bill?!?
I saw this earlier ...
"However, the GOP energy package may face tough sledding because it also includes a controversial proposal to open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil exploration, which most Democrats and some moderate Republicans oppose" (CNN, 2006).
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/...ate/index.html