U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold D-Wisconsin has introduced and is promoting a Clean Water Restoration Act, legislation he says will re-establish federal protections for wetlands that were undermined by recent Supreme Court decisions, but his critics say the proposal represents an unprecedented expansion of federal regulatory power.
To Feingold, the bill would restore the intent of the [...]
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