Bill authorizing Army Corps water projects hits roadblock (Infrastructure...)

[The Straight Story]

Bill authorizing Army Corps water projects hits roadblock
By Darren Goode CongressDaily August 6, 2007

Senators left for the recess without acting on a conference report to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act, though supporters expect to act soon after Congress reconvenes in September.

Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., objected late Friday when Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., asked for unanimous consent to bring the conference report to the floor. The chamber had shortly before passed legislation on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act when Reid attempted to bring up the water resources bill.

The Senate is expected to approve the measure by more than the two-thirds support needed to override a threatened veto. The House last week approved it 381-40. Feingold opposes the conference report because he does not believe it goes far enough in changing how Army Corps of Engineers projects are reviewed and approved.

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Feingold supported a Senate-passed bill that authorized nearly $14 billion in Army Corps water infrastructure projects and included language requiring independent reviews of projects that cost at least $40 million; projects requested by an affected governor or head of a federal agency or projects deemed controversial.


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[NYVet]

1. Ok, let me get this straight...

Rather than have a bill that has changes to the approval process, 1 senator thinks we should not have a bill in place to fund needed construction of infrastructure because the changes are not enough to suit him?

Un-believable...