Legislation: What's in store for 104
After what has been called one of the most deadlocked and ineffectual Congresses ever, the voters of America responded with a vengeance last November; providing one of the greatest Republican gains in Congress since the Eisenhower administration. By picking up 52 seats in the House of Representatives and 9 seats in the Senate, the GOP ended a 40-year Democratic reign on Capital Hill. What is also notable, as far as environmental legislation is concerned, is that the latest Republican revolution has added an infusion of new faces in Congress. EPA will have a difficult time with its reauthorization budget. With such pressure mounting to trim the substantial girth of EPA and other federal agencies, most solid waste organizations and environmental groups are predicting that very little recycling-or solid waste-oriented legislation will be passed in the first session of the 104th Congress.
- OSTI ID:
- 6887117
- Journal Information:
- Waste Age; (United States), Journal Name: Waste Age; (United States) Vol. 26:2; ISSN WAGEAE; ISSN 0043-1001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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