2005-02-09                     Senate Journal                      Page 0258
                     Second Reading of Senate Resolutions                                        
                                                                                                    
SJR 2                                                                                             
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2 Urging the United States                                              
Congress to pass legislation to open the coastal plain of the Arctic                                
National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, to oil and gas exploration,                                       
development, and production was read the second time.                                               
                                                                                                    
Senator Gary Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                     
resolution be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and                                   
placed on final passage. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                      
                                                                                                    
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2 was read the third time.                                              
                                                                                                    
The question being: "Shall SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2                                            
Urging the United States Congress to pass legislation to open the                                   
coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, to oil and                            
gas exploration, development, and production, pass the Senate?" The                                 
roll was taken with the following result:                                                           
                                                                                                    
SJR 2                                                                                               
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                       
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  15   NAYS:  1   EXCUSED:  3   ABSENT:  1                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Ellis, French, Green, Hoffman,                                 
Huggins, Olson, Seekins, Stedman, Stevens B, Stevens G, Wilken                                      
                                                                                                    
Nays:  Elton                                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Guess, Kookesh, Wagoner                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Absent:  Therriault                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
and so, SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2 passed the Senate and                                         
was referred to the Secretary for engrossment.                                                      
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                             Unfinished Business                                                 
                                                                                                    
Senator Hoffman moved and asked unanimous consent to be excused                                     
from a call of the Senate on February 14 and March 9, 10 and 11.                                    
Without objection, Senator Hoffman was excused.