Clear Skies Critics Expect Sponsors Will Seek Alternative Legislative Vehicle

Senate supporters of the Bush administration's Clear Skies proposal are unlikely to find the votes to pass it in the Environment and Public Works Committee, and may instead try to attach the legislation to an unrelated measure on the floor, say environmentalists and congressional sources opposed to the plan. But a spokesperson for committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-OK) says the senator intends to pass Clear Skies as freestanding legislation. The source says Inhofe plans to hold hearings on the bill...