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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Krowbar who wrote (159855)	7/11/2001 12:53:07 AM
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WASHINGTON - Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont, who gave Democrats control of the Senate last month when he defected from the Republicans, became chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday, vowing to challenge President George W. Bush's record on environmental protection. Jeffords, now an independent, was unanimously approved by Democrats as the first head of a standing Senate committee in 68 years who is not a member of a major political party. Jeffords promised to challenge Bush on a number of recent environmental rollbacks, ranging from rejecting a proposed treaty to combat global warming to breaking a campaign vow to try to impose mandatory emissions reductions for carbon dioxide at electrical power plants. Jeffords, a longtime advocate for tougher clean-air standards, has also opposed a key component of Bush's energy plan - drilling for oil and natural gas in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. "I've been disappointed by his environmental record," Jeffords told reporters. "I hope he will begin to see things differently." planetark.org