2 Cleanup Bills Could Play Role in '08 Elections: Taft: Congress Can't Ignore Need
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By Tom Henry, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Sep. 23--CLEVELAND -- Gov. Bob Taft said yesterday that a pair of congressional bills calling for an unprecedented $20 billion in Great Lakes cleanup funds could become a key election issue this fall and in the 2008 presidential election.
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Time is running out for Congress to pass real reform before the elections. But a commonsense plan from an unlikely Congressman may be gaining momentum
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By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune  Mar. 8--WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed  adding a plume of contaminated groundwater stretching from Bountiful to Woods  Cross to its national Superfund list, making it part of a federal cleanup  effort.
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By The Miami Herald  Sep. 22--The underlying cause for two very different policies on reforming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contained in Senate and House bills is timing. The bills now are being reconciled in a conference committee.
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Both major candidates for president want the country to be less dependent on foreign oil. But whoever is elected will face many of the same challenges that defeated
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What is it going to take for Congress to stop this war? If there's any "cutting and/or running" going on, it's among this country's elected representatives.  I know my senators and Congressman are doing their best, but they've got to reach the minds and hearts of Republicans.
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By Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jan. 31--Freshman Rep. Jerry McNerney's first bill, which calls for increasing funds for water conservation pilot projects, is set for a hearing today in Washington.
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If President Bush gets a second-term honeymoon, it may not last long. Or it may already be over. A failure in the coming days to win congressional passage of the intelligence reorganization bill he supports
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By Ian Berry, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Sep. 22--With the federal Superfund cleanup of Chattanooga Creek nearing completion, scientists, politicians, regulators and community leaders are asking what's next.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 23--CLEVELAND -- Problems on the Great Lakes are approaching the tipping point and environmentalists need to intensify their push for Congress to fund restoration efforts on the lakes.
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By The Dallas Morning News  May 24--State lawmakers have run hot and cold when it comes to environmental legislation this year.   The session began with a flurry of activity and a foot-high stack of proposals aimed at improving air quality.
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Monday's indictment of Rep. William Jefferson may revive pressure to fulfill their clean-government pledge.
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The United States Congress is considering voting in funds next year to help Vietnam clean areas heavily contaminated by toxic defoliant Agent Orange, a US official said in Hanoi.
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Congress still has a laundry list of things to accomplish. For Democrats, that includes proving they are capable and productive. For Republicans, it includes proving that the Democrats are not.
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The Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether companies that voluntarily seek to clean up their polluted land can sue former owners to get help with the costs. The case could have important ramifications for communities with abandoned toxic plants, landfills and mines.
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Faced with pressures to deal with a spate of unanticipated natural disasters as well as with the election-year needs of dozens of key constituencies, Congress moved this week
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Similarities and differences in House and Senate lobbying bills that have to be merged into one before becoming law.