Legislative riders target environmental protections
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/legislative-riders-target-environmental-protections/2011/07/28/gIQAfL2rfI_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/legislative-riders-target-environmental-protections/2011/07/28/gIQAfL2rfI_story.html
"For environmentalists, it was something to shout about. In a rare show of defiance, 37 House Republicans broke party ranks two days ago and voted with Democrats to strike an amendment from an appropriations bill that forbade the Fish and Wildlife Service from listing any new plant or animal as endangered."
