Nevada lawmakers promise new fight against Yucca Mountain

[NVMojo]

I am really wondering if Reid agreed with the "surge" in troops in Iraq in exchange for this ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Nevada lawmakers who will represent the state come January met Tuesday for a strategy session to combat Yucca Mountain, emerging to promise more setbacks for the nuclear waste dump.

With Democrats in control of Congress and Sen. Harry Reid as majority leader, the waste dump project could face crippling blows, they told reporters after meeting in Las Vegas.

"The next two years may very well be the death knell to sending nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain," said Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev.

Berkley is planning to write to fellow House Democrats to enlist support against the project the Energy Department is trying to build 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Some 70,000 tons of toxic waste would be stored there. Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., is planning a letter to House Republicans.

Reid is aiming to cut annual appropriations, which have ranged from $450 million to $550 million in recent years.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/dec/19/121910084.html

[Vincardog]

1. Reid agreed that a surge might be acceptable if it was to STABILIZE the situation and allow for the

WITHDRAWAL of the TROOPS.

[NVMojo]

2. good but none of it has happened yet

[Vincardog]

3. Every time you hear the part of the truth that sells the Bushit without telling the full story

we need to fill in the gap.

[NVMojo]

4. I agree but you know what? many here in Nevada are questioning Reid

on this ...I did hear a local progressive show host ponder if he is doing it to help make the Dems not look like "obstructionists" in the MSM/GOP sound wall and when Bush fails, then Dems can say they gave him a chance. But I guess we won't know until it happens.