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  • Endangered Species Act rewrite passed by House

    09/29/2005 4:42:21 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 73 replies · 3,598+ views
    ap on San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 9/29/05 | Erica Werner - ap
    WASHINGTON – The House on Thursday passed legislation that could greatly expand private property rights under the environmental law that is credited with helping keep the bald eagle from extinction but also has provoked bitter fighting. By a vote of 229-193, lawmakers approved a top-to-bottom overhaul of the 1973 Endangered Species Act, perhaps the nation's most powerful environmental law. The law has led to contentious battles over species such as the spotted owl, the snail darter and the red-legged frog. The rewrite faces an uncertain future in the Senate, where Republican Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, head of the panel...