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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (322796)	11/23/2002 9:27:40 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The Republicans were willing to extend benefits, but the Dems wouldn't agree on other economic incentives.

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (322796)	11/23/2002 10:02:09 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

The House passed one bill the Senate the other....and neither would give...so of course the DNC blames the Republicans...same old hash.

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (322796)	11/23/2002 12:11:17 PM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 769670

This was covered last night on either fox or leyrer report.. I forgot which one... It seems there was a bill in the senate and Dashle added some extra which the republicans refused to go along with.. Otherwise the bill would have been on the Presidents desk for signature... sounds like something the house did with the home land security bill at the last minute.... Too much money running around Washington from Lobby groups and both sides trying to protect their interests..

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (322796)	11/23/2002 1:02:54 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Leahy Hits White House's Rollback of Clean Air Standards for Old Power Plants To: National and State Desks Contact: David Carle of the Office of Sen. Patrick Leahy, 202-224-3693 WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Sen. Patrick Leahy was sharply critical of clean air rule changes unveiled Friday that would make it easier for corporate polluters to increase emissions from old power plants without any new pollution controls. "It should surprise no one that EPA waited until after the election and right before the holidays to foist this turkey on the American people," he said. The rollback of standards under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review (NSR) Program were announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and were prompted by directives arising from Vice President Cheney's Energy Task Force, which decided to accelerate the permitting process for industrial facilities at the expense of air quality. In July, the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, headed, respectively, by Leahy and Sen. Jim Jeffords, held a joint hearing to examine how the Energy Task Force's instructions to "review" NSR and the preliminary rules proposed by EPA in June would affect pending litigation against NSR violators. The panels also looked at how the proposed rule would affect states' own efforts to reduce air pollution. State attorneys general who testified at the July hearing said the changes would undermine their states' abilities to clean their air more than federal pollution standards would. "Christmas is coming early this year for corporate polluters," said Leahy. "EPA cannot show how these changes will improve air quality or reduce the health risks to children across the nation. These changes are intended not to clean the air but to breathe new life into old plants spewing toxic pollutants, and much of that pollution is headed to New England. The Administration has undermined a program whose original intent was to retire these ancient plants long ago." Leahy continued: "I had hoped that EPA Administrator Christine Whitman would have gone back to her roots as an advocate for states' rights and tougher clean air rules, but instead she is letting corporate polluters off the legal hook that, in the past, has lowered air pollution and led to million-dollar settlements with some of the biggest offenders. This judicial bailout for corporate polluters not only takes cleaner air as a hostage; it also could mean that billions of dollars that would go to the federal treasury from pending court cases will now be lost." Interesting how Leahy explains." The Administration has undermined a program whose original intent was to retire these ancient plants long ago." They have accomplished just that.. When is the last time we saw a refinery build in the U.S.? The intent was not to correct the pollution but put the plants out of business. Loss of more jobs, less taxes, and of course you wouldn't get permits to rebuild for twenty or thirty years. I understand all pending court cases are not lost only new cases will not be brought up.