The House and Senate are now hashing it out and neither side is budging. There are democrats in the house that wouldn't mind adding drilling for oil in the ANWR but do not want to cut certain benefits like Medicare or food stamps and there are republicans (mostly the new ones that were voted into office last election) that do not want to pass the energy bill because it allows for drilling in the ANWR. If there is a breakthrough in this issue or no I will post the results.