Bush's Air Pollution Bill Rejected by Senate Committee

A bill supported by President Bush that would relax certain air pollution control regulations of the Clean Air Act has been rejected by the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. After rejecting The Clean Skies Act of 2005, by a bipartisan vote of 9 to 9, U.S. Sen. Jim Jeffords (I, Vermont), the ranking member of the EPW Committee, expressed hope that the Senate would now begin a bipartisan process for strengthening the Clean Air Act. Read more...