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Reports that a United States House of Representative vote against offshore oil drilling in Florida was a result of local environmental issues rather than Republican party environmentalism. Reasons for some representatives' votes; Summation of the bill; Environmental views of U.S. President George W. Bush.

Examines how U.S. Republicans are trying to gain swing voters in Florida by endorsing environmentally friendly plans to restrict access to Big Cypress National Preserve. Reasons why the administration is working to help protect Florida's Big Cypress swamp; How the administration has courted environmentalists by backing a National Park Service plan; Ways that government policy on Big Cypress differs from its policies in Yellowstone National Park and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.