Revenge of the Right: No drilling, No oil for NE Poor

Nope, I can't find this on kos! Hard to believe the Hartford Courant has it and kos doesn't. . .

WASHINGTON -- Senators angry about losing the fight over Alaska oil drilling punished Northeastern colleagues by knocking out $2 billion that would have helped low-income families pay their winter heating bills.

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., called the action "a legislative pout," and Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, fumed, "This gives new meaning to the Grinch who stole Christmas."

Drilling advocates were unapologetic, saying Northeastern lawmakers had their chance to help the needy by supporting exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but they refused.

And, said Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, to those who would complain about the stripped-out funding, "I am going to go to every one of your states and I am going to tell them what you have done."

Don't you just love that wanker? That quote's goes along with everyone's favorite parenting lines
Don't make me hit you again!
and
I'll give you something to cry about.

Pfah.

Read the rest at the courant