A measure inserted in a bill meant to overhaul the U.S. tax code includes a provision to open up parts of a wilderness refuge area in Alaska to oil and gas drillers. File photo by Kathryn Hansen/NASA Dec. 4 (UPI) — As with the partisan divide, the stance on the U.S. tax overhaul was split evenly between oil and gas support and opposition from renewable and climate groups. A $1.4 trillion, 479-page, tax reform bill passed along partisan lines early Saturday morning with Republican leaders in the Senate pushing the measure through with a 51-49 margin. No Democrats voted for the bill and Sen. Bob Corker , R-Tenn., was the lone “no” vote among the GOP. He said he voted against it because of deficit concerns after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimated it would increase the deficit by about $1.4 trillion over the next 10 years. Among other […]