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"U.S. House Approves Bill That Would Remake California Water Law"

"The House approved a bill Wednesday that rewrites two decades of water law in California, wiping out environmental protections and dropping reforms of federal irrigation policy that have long irritated agribusiness in the Central Valley."



"The legislation passed on a mostly party line vote of 246-175 in the Republican-controlled House. But its prospects of becoming law are poor. The White House has issued a veto threat, and it is unlikely to survive the Democratic-controlled Senate, where both of California's senators have vowed to work against it.

"It essentially says farmers will get theirs and nothing for anybody else," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

Despite the long odds, Republicans brought the bill to the House floor to highlight differences between the parties in an election year. Republicans contend that environmental regulations are killing jobs."

Richard Simon and Bettina Boxall report for the Los Angeles Times March 1, 2012.

Source: LA Times, 03/01/2012