ANWR takes tiny step down rocky Senate road

A Republican budget plan, which could include an effort to reopen the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, was introduced Wednesday in the Senate. (Image courtesy U.S. Geological Survey)
The effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling made a baby step forward Wednesday in the Senate, with the debut of a Republican budget plan in a committee.
The plan is a non-binding resolution but it contains the seeds of what could become a law that allows oil development in