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NRDC: Damage Report - Chapter 1 (2495 words) |
 | Congress' time and attention on environmental matters was focused largely on legislative proposals opposed by the environmental community, many of which moved haltingly forward throughout the Congress but fell short of final passage. |
| Efforts late in the Congress to pass a collection of public lands assaults as part of a so-called Omnibus Parks bill met a firestorm of opposition on the House floor, and the bill was defeated in an embarrassing 302 to 123 vote. |
| One of the most unfortunate aspects of the Congress' continuing environmental assaults is that environmental members of Congress, and national environmental organizations, have been forced to put their energy into protecting the hard-fought progress that we have achieved over the past 25 years under America's landmark environmental laws. |
| 105th Congress Adjourns (718 words) |
| Congress accomplished a lot in its first session, passing a balanced budget agreement, a new tax bill, and, most importantly, thirteen appropriation bills in time to avoid a government shutdown. |
| Although still smarting from the demise of the Superconducting Supercollider that was to be built in Texas earlier in the decade, Congress approved funding for the Large Hadron Collider to be built in Switzerland by a consortium of nations. |
| Congress saw the introduction of the first proposal to implement restrictions on the domestic use of encryption. |
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