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The Week in Review
ending April 28
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President Bush.
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George W. Bush reaches Presidential milestone
On Sunday, President George W. Bush reached his first
milestone: 100 days in office.
Yes, he actually lasted that long and overall, his approval
rating is good. He gets high marks on education and foreign
policy but low on the environment. His tax cut
isn't viewed as terribly important by the American
public and not every lawmaker is thrilled about his
budget.
He hasn't done much on Indian issues except to announce
he will nominate Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation to
run the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Neal McCaleb is
already in the midst of a political battle in his home state,
perhaps a predecessor of events to come.
Congratulations, W!
Get the Story:
Oklahoma: The
McCaleb Strikes Back (4/23)
McCaleb unknown
among Calif. leaders (4/23)
Whitman says
here to stay at EPA (4/23)
Bush signs free
trade agreement (4/23)
Bush rated low
on environment (4/24)
The Day recaps
Neal McCaleb (4/25)
Bush to nominate
slew of judges (4/25)
Bush and Indian
Country: The First 100 Days (4/27)
Administration hit on environment, budget
President Bush's environmental record has
been the subject of criticism from world leaders
and conservationist groups almost as soon as he
took office and lawmakers got their chance
to get their barbs in this week.
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton received
the brunt of the displeasure as members of Congress
quizzed her on everything from global warming
to tribal priority allocation funds. Her department's
budget will receive many changes, they warned,
come this fall.
Not everything was negative for Bush, though.
The Senate embraced one of his environmental priorities
and passed a brownfields bill aimed at giving
tribes and states more money to clean up toxic
industrial waste sites.
Get the Story:
Babbitt assails
Bush's environmental record (4/23)
Will Norton
change snowmobile ban? (4/23)
Norton has
budget hearing today (4/24)
Bush rated low
on environment (4/24)
Snowmobile ban,
Arctic drilling a go for Bush (4/24)
DOE Budget:
Uranium cleanup funds cut (4/24)
Norton hit on
environment, budget (4/25)
Senate passes
brownfields bill (4/26)
more stories
There's still more to read in the recap
of the top stories.
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