Water works

House overrides Bush veto of $23 billion bill funding nearly 900 new water projects, including improving Depression-era locks and dams that impede agricultural freight traffic on the upper Mississippi River.

Reuters 2007-11-06

Categories: Agriculture, BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, GOVERNMENT, Habitat, U.S. Legislation

Index: coastal restoration, Everglades, Florida Everglades, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Marguerita Choy, Maryland, Steny Hoyer, Tabassum Zakaria, Tony Fratto