HR Bill 1837 passed the House today.
If you haven't already, you better contact your Senator! We need to do everything in our power to make sure it doesn't get through the Senate.
Interesting the same party that crows about preserving State's rights, passed a bill today that allows the Federal government to take away those rights here in California. Guess they only care about State's rights until the people who line their pockets pull the purse strings.
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Capitol Alert: House passes California water bill
By Michael Doyle
mdoyle@sacbee.com
Last modified: 2012-03-01T00:01:49Z
Published: Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 - 4:02 pm
The House on Wednesday approved an ambitious California water bill that favors farmers, splits the state and pressures the Senate.
In a largely partisan vote, the Republican-controlled House approved the legislation which would lengthen irrigation contracts, override state law and boost deliveries to farms south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Most dramatically, the bill replaces one San Joaquin River restoration plan with something far less ambitious.
"Flushing water into San Francisco Bay is not helping to recover species, and people are suffering needlessly," said bill author Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, adding later that his bill "gives (water) reliability, not only to farms but to the environment."
Approved by a 246 to 175 margin, the bill marked one of the few times the full House has confronted California's water woes. The nearly five-hour debate, though, also underscored how the bill has magnified rather than ameliorated regional and personal differences.
"This is a power grab," said Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove. "It's a water grab, and it's an imposition of the federal government over the state."
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Capitol Alert: House passes California water bill
By Michael Doyle
mdoyle@sacbee.com
Last modified: 2012-03-01T00:01:49Z
Published: Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 - 4:02 pm
The House on Wednesday approved an ambitious California water bill that favors farmers, splits the state and pressures the Senate.
In a largely partisan vote, the Republican-controlled House approved the legislation which would lengthen irrigation contracts, override state law and boost deliveries to farms south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Most dramatically, the bill replaces one San Joaquin River restoration plan with something far less ambitious.
"Flushing water into San Francisco Bay is not helping to recover species, and people are suffering needlessly," said bill author Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, adding later that his bill "gives (water) reliability, not only to farms but to the environment."
Approved by a 246 to 175 margin, the bill marked one of the few times the full House has confronted California's water woes. The nearly five-hour debate, though, also underscored how the bill has magnified rather than ameliorated regional and personal differences.
"This is a power grab," said Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove. "It's a water grab, and it's an imposition of the federal government over the state."
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