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This year, America's taxpayers will pay almost $1.3 billion to clean up abandoned toxic waste sites, more than four times the amount they paid in 1995, the year Superfund's "polluter pays" fees expired. The Bush administration has failed to support reinstating the "polluter pays" fees that help fund cleanup of abandoned toxic waste sites, slowed the pace of cleanups, and forced taxpayers to pick up more of the bill for the cleanups that are happening.
U.S. PIRG: Keeping Watch
The Bush administration and Congress should reverse their present course--keep our air, land and water clean and protect the last remaining wild places for future generations. U.S. PIRG will continue to be in the halls of Congress and in front of the Bush administration fighting for consumers and the environment.
Public Interest Heroes & Zeros
Three members of the Senate and 20 members of the House took the public interest position on every vote that U.S. PIRG tracked for the 2004 Scorecard--they are considered Public Interest Heroes. Six-teen members of the Senate and 59 members of the House did not take the public interest position on any of the votes that U.S. PIRG tracked--they are considered Public Interest Zeros. Scores reflect votes taken between January 22, 2003 and November 21, 2003.
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