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Damage Report

Environment and the 105th Congress

This is the full text of NRDC's October 1998 report on the action -- and inaction -- of the 105th Congress on environmental issues. In particular, the report highlights the fact that the most important environmental battles of this Congress occurred not over proposals to revise environmental statutes, but over provisions buried in federal spending bills.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Summary and Analysis
Chapter 2: The Legislative Graveyard -- Attacks Turned Back
Chapter 3: The Damage Done -- A Review of Enacted Legislation
Chapter 4: Steps Forward
Report Credits and Acknowledgments

Charts
Final Status of Environmental Legislation Considered by the 105th Congress
Final Status of Proposed Anti-Environmental Riders

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