Senate OKs Toxic Waste Funds
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
The Senate passed and sent to the White House today stopgap legislation to salvage a Superfund toxic waste cleanup program fast running out of money.
The money is necessary to prevent an almost total shutdown of the program after April 1, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.) said shortly before the House-passed measure was approved on a voice vote. The legislation to give Superfund $150 million to spend through May 31 is not expected to run into any trouble at the White House.
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