That an Oklahoma right-winger doesn't want to spend $20 billion on the Great lakes? Not. The sun not rising today, that would be staggering.
A Great Lakes cleanup plan prepared at President Bush's request is too aggressive for the tight federal budget, a senator who is key to securing funding for the proposal said Thursday.
A warning that the plan still needs work was staggering to a Senate hearing full of leaders from Great Lakes states and environmentalists pleading for immediate action to protect a major global resource.
Posted by Dave at March 17, 2006 08:46 AM