Feingold Blasts Weakened Bill On Water Project Spending And Management

A conference committee of US Senators and Representatives has agreed on a major water spending bill, but removed key oversight reforms, according to Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold (D).

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Particularly galling, says Feingold, is that Senate negotiators on the conference committee caved in on agreed-upon changes that would have put the US Army Corps of Engineers, along with major project spending, under better supervision.