A government
watchdog will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee today to answer
questions about political hiring at the Justice Department. Senator
Patrick Leahy says he called the hearing so he can get to the bottom of what he
says is improper influence by partisan appointees throughout government.
VPR’s
Ross Sneyd reports.
Democrats
in Congress are angry that an effort by California, Vermont
and a dozen other states to clean up car emissions has been blocked by the Bush
administration.
The head of the
Environmental Protection Agency initially supported partly granting California’s petition for a greenhouse gas emissions waiver,
but reversed himself after hearing from White House officials, says a new
report.