Whitehouse Lobbied Against Schwarzenegger Environmental Inititative
by John Laumer, Philadelphia 
on 09.26.07
This one is an easy exercise in pattern recognition. Doubt if the Governator will be bowed. "The Bush administration has conducted a concerted, behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to try to generate opposition to California's request to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, according to documents obtained by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform."
"A flurry of e-mails among Transportation Department (DOT) officials and between its staffers and the White House, released yesterday, highlights efforts that administration officials have made to stir up public opposition to the waiver. Rather than attacking California's request outright, Bush officials quietly reached out to two dozen congressional offices and a handful of governors to try to undermine it."
"One May 22 e-mail written by Jeff Shane, undersecretary of transportation for policy, outlined how Transportation Secretary Mary Peters orchestrated the campaign."
Via:: Washington Post, Image credit:: USA Today Blogs
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