41.   President Bush scored a victory in his campaign to get congressional approval for his energy plan as a House committee endorsed drilling for oil in an Arctic refuge.

42.   Senate Democrats have vowed to block any Arctic refuge drilling.

43.   Senate Democrats also have said no Arctic refuge drilling measure would pass.

44.   The administration is in favor of opening the Arctic refuge for energy exploration.

45.   The Arctic refuge, known commonly as ANWR, has an abundance of migrating birds, polar bears, musk oxen, caribou, grizzly bears and other wildlife.

46.   The Bush administration says it is in favor of opening the Arctic refuge for energy exploration.

47.   The explosion of activity in the Gulf has been largely unheralded as the U.S. oil giants pursue higher-profile opportunities in Russia and an Alaska arctic refuge.

48.   Their proposal focused heavily on incentives for production, including a call to drill in the Arctic refuge.