This Chafes!
Eyeing the top spot on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. Bob Smith (N.H.) yesterday dropped his flailing, independent bid for the presidency, paving the way for a return to the Republican party and a likely claim to succeed the late Sen. John Chafee (R-R.I.) as chair of the committee. If Smith’s seniority on the committee as a Republican is not challenged, he is expected to edge out Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) for the position. Enviros won’t be happy either way, since both men are staunch conservatives with miserable environmental voting records. Enviros regard Smith just slightly more favorably than Inhofe; “apocalypse soon as opposed to apocalypse now,” said Sierra Club Political Director Dan Weiss.
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