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<br />U /' C(. -( By JIM NEUMANN -
<br />~ Staff Writer .
<br />I The U.S, House Friday' over-
<br />whelmingly affirmed a ban on
<br />I G arrisan Diversion construction
<br />I ,in North Dakota, thwarting at-
<br />I tempts to get the project back on
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<br />House members rejected 67-si4
<br />an amendment to an appropri-
<br />ations bill that would have nulli-
<br />fied a 1980 decision by U.S. Dis-
<br />trict Judge .Charles Richey ban-
<br />ning 'further. construction until
<br />Congress re(iuthorizes the mas-
<br />sive water projecL . .. ~
<br />The vote spelled dismay for
<br />North Dako.ta's congressional de~
<br />legation, and jubilation for project
<br />opponents.
<br />It also prompted -Sen. Mark An-
<br />dre\l,'s, R-N.D" to criticize Rep:
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<br />Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., for. his.
<br />handling of the issue:' ", '
<br />The lopsided vote took place af-
<br />ter about an hour of debate in the
<br />House. The measure's. major
<br />backers' were Dorgan and Rep.
<br />. John Myers, R-Ind.-, Chief ,oppo-
<br />nents were Reps.' Silvio Conte, R-
<br />Mass., and John Dingell, D-Mieh. ,
<br />The amendment to void
<br />Richey's ruling was authored by
<br />Andrews and Sen.. Quentin Bur-
<br />dick, D-N,D., and added to the
<br />Energy and Water. Development
<br />Appropriations Bill while it was in
<br />the Senate. '
<br />A House~Senatte .-. conference
<br />committee. in fashioning a com-
<br />promise bill, included the Senate
<br />provision. .
<br />If senators insisfon the original
<br />measure. the entire multi-biIlion-
<br />dollar appropriations bill would be
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<br />returned....to 'the confere~~~ .-com-
<br />mittee for revamping.
<br />An aide to Burdick said it was
<br />unlikely, the Senate would buck
<br />the big House vote: .: :.
<br />"The House has given' a pretty
<br />. strong message," said Ann Hum-
<br />phrey, a Burdick press aide. Bur-
<br />. dick- was unavailable O)for com-
<br />ment.
<br />Andrews ~&id the issue was one
<br />of "the right of Congress to legis-
<br />late, and the right of the Ameri-
<br />can people to vote for changes in
<br />policy,.__ , .
<br />.. Anytime we've had a Garrison
<br />issue on the floor over the years
<br />- when (former representative
<br />and governor) Art Link was .my
<br />colleague in the House and when
<br />I've been in the House by myself
<br />representing North Dakota - be-
<br />cause of the importance of. this
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<br />p,oject to the future of our state
<br />and its people, I've never felt the
<br />project should rise and fall on
<br />what 1 do myself," Andrews said.
<br />"We always invited bipartisan
<br />'delegations from the legislature,
<br />the governor, the attorney gen-
<br />eral, top Democrats and llepubli-
<br />cans in the state.- we've always
<br />had 15-20 of them' down to help
<br />talk about'the great need in North
<br />Dakota for the project and we al-
<br />ways won by com fortable votes.
<br />"\. don't know if Byron felt .it
<br />wasn't important enough to get
<br />that type of team together, or
<br />whether he felt l!e had it handled
<br />or what, ...
<br />"It had to be that the issue
<br />wasn't presented properly.". ..
<br />Dorgan bridled at suggestions
<br />he mishandled the bill in the
<br />House.
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<br />"The fact is there. wi!.sn't any
<br />way that language they wanted to
<br />put in the Senale was going to get
<br />through the House, and it. had
<br />nothing to do with' how' hard 1
<br />fought this issue in the House. I
<br />lobbied as hard as I could. I used
<br />all the resources I had. Y au know~
<br />they had ample warning. that kind
<br />of thing ,was not going. to get
<br />through the House. , :' ", .
<br />"I find it incongruous thM Sena-
<br />tor Andrews is passing judgement
<br />on action. in .the House. I mean, if
<br />he was interested he should well
<br />have staved here. ...
<br />"I think it's incumbent for us to
<br />'. work together. I've not heard a
<br />word from him about how this
<br />should, be approached in the
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