On Thursday, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly for an amendment to establish a provision in Section 118 of the Interior-Environment spending bill that effectively blocks the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, if lease sales scheduled for late this year don’t generate at least $500 million in bids. The amendment, introduced by California liberal – and former National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) employee – Jared Huffman, would halt any further development, should the lease sales fall short of the set amount. What Huffman and the Democrats (along with four Republicans) fail to remember is that Alaskans – by over…