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The Committee on Environment and Public Works

Introduction > Committee > Floor > Conference Committee > President > Review

Your last action:

You have submitted your bill to the Senate, and it has been referred to a committee.

The outcome of that action:

Senate consideration of your bill begins in the Committee on the Environment and Public Works.

Your situation:

The committee has seven members.

• The chair, a Senator from California, is firmly opposed to your bill. He has already announced a strong position against "wasteful pork-barrel spending that increases the tax burden on hard working American families so that special interests get to feed at the public trough." He has the power to schedule action on your bill.
• The Senators from Illinois and Iowa are firm supporters because you supported them on a previous bill in your committee, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• The Senators from Louisiana, Minnesota, and Ohio are indifferent.
• The Senator from Massachusetts is skeptical but could be persuaded; she is also pushing for an $85m wetlands restoration bill, which has the support of the chair and the Senator from Ohio and has already been scheduled for action in the committee.

It really will take $75m to make the needed improvements. Insist on the full $75m for projects in Missouri alone.

With the support of the Senators from Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Ohio, you can tell the committee chair where to stick his tax burden. Amend the bill to appropriate $300m for projects throughout the Mississippi-Missouri River system.

Supporting your bill brings the support of Iowa and Illinois in the committee. Propose your bill as an amendment to the Wetlands Restoration Act that the Senator from Massachusetts has introduced (rather than a separate bill) that appropriates $60m.