[PCA] NEWS: Legislative riders target environmental protections
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Fri Jul 29 16:23:26 CDT 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/legislative-riders-target-environmental-protections/2011/07/28/gIQAfL2rfI_story.html?hpid=z10
Legislative riders target environmental protections
By Darryl Fears and and Juliet Eilperin, Published: July 28
Washingtonpost.com
For environmentalists, it was something to shout about. In a rare show
of defiance, 37 House Republicans broke party ranks two days ago and
voted with Democrats to strike an amendment from an appropriations
bill that forbade the Fish and Wildlife Service from listing any new
plant or animal as endangered.
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