WSJ:
The 51-49 vote capped a long struggle with environmentalists and, while some hurdles remain, ticked another item off business's wish list in an era of Republican domination.
SF Gate:
Senate Votes To Drill Arctic
Democrats, GOP moderates fail in bid to keep oil companies out of Alaska wilderness.
Three Dems crossed to make this happen; Landrieux of Louisiana, and both Senators from Hawaii who presumably wanted to pretend this would mean something for that state's exploding gasoline prices...
