The Nation - News from Jan. 1, 1987
The Reagan Administration, hoping to avoid an early showdown with the new Congress, would agree to spending $12 billion to help clean up polluted waterways, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said. Lee M. Thomas said in an interview that the amount is “a good, viable alternative” to the $18 billion contained in the Clean Water Act reauthorization bill that President Reagan vetoed on Nov. 6. Reagan had said the legislation “exceeds acceptable levels” of spending in a time of huge deficits.
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