Sen. Barbara Boxer of California is privately
lobbying fellow Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee against
a toxic chemical bill negotiated by Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg in the weeks before his
death.
The bipartisan
legislation is viewed by many close to Lautenberg as a legacy piece for the
late New Jersey Democrat. It would revamp nearly 40-year-old chemical laws, a
goal Lautenberg pursued for years before he died June 3 at the age of 89......
According to these sources, Boxer has been engaged in senator-to-senator
conversations and has argued that Lautenberg either didn’t sign off on the
final language or wasn’t in a position to, given the illness that ultimately
took his life. Senate Majority Whip Richard
J. Durbin, D-Ill., is one of 20 co-sponsors of the Lautenberg-Vitter
bill and one of the members whom Boxer spoke to directly….To Read More...
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