3) Repeal or reform targeted portions of omnibus bills with environmental reinvention in mind. Tauzin has proposed amendments that would greatly enhance the flexibility of the Endangered Species Act. Tauzin's proposals would, under some circumstances, let private landowners protect threatened species without surrendering the ownership of their property and require compensation to landowners in those cases which the protection of threatened species deprives owners of most economic use of their property.
The 104th Congress could also earn the unceasing gratitude of drivers everywhere by letting those regions that don't comply with the automotive-emissions components of the Clean Air Act implement remote testing of cars or use other flexible pollution-reduction plans. Tell the EPA to shove its electric-car mandates, no-drive days, and specific formulas for gasoline.
4) Remember: Your mandate is tenuous. Your majorities in each house are tiny, and voters have put you on a very short leash. If you don't deliver meaningful changes, they'll toss you out.
But even if you return to the minority in 1997, the procedural reforms you pass this year can lead to a revolutionary redefinition of the relationship between individuals and the federal government that voters will eventually appreciate. "If there was a lesson from the electorate," Ritter says, "it is that people don't think government works well, especially the federal government." You have the ball, Republicans. Don't fumble it.
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