Edwards joins effort to block Bush's choice for EPA chief

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AP and Nando

President Bush's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency ran into more problems Monday in the Senate as a third Democrat, presidential aspirant John Edwards, said he would join efforts to block the nomination.

Democrats Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who also is seeking the presidential nomination, previously had said they would put a hold on the nomination of Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt as EPA administrator.

Edwards of North Carolina said Monday the nomination should not go forward until the Bush administration provides detailed information on how human health will be affected by changes the administration wants in the way the EPA regulates air pollution, especially from power plants. ---

Clinton, who was the first to say she would block Leavitt's nomination, said she would not allow it to go forward until the administration responds more fully to a report that the EPA misled New Yorkers about the health risks from contaminated air in the aftermath of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. ---


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[arcane1]

1. you GO girl!!! and Joe & John too

these assholes need to start having their lies exposed to the LIGHT OF DAY!!!!

[w13rd0]

2. Good for all those...

...standing up against this bullshit. I still can't believe I've not heard more on the Bush regime LYING about the NY EPA S11 report. Only mentioned on NPR Living on Earth and in passing on CNN one day...

[Doctor Pedantic]

3. It's all a matter of perspective

I mean, Bush forcing the EPA to lie about matters of life and death (not to mention his lies about Iraq) is not nearly as big a deal as Clinton lying about getting a blow job.

Right?

[PopSixSquish]

4. Let's Hear it for John, Joe and Hillary!

Somebody has lit a fire under these guys. And I don't care if it is about presidential politics, as long as they finally stand up and remember that an opposition party OPPOSES!!!!!