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nvironment News Service : White House , C . . . Applaud Environmental Funding Compromise wysiwyg : // 1 /Iittp : //ens -news . con-/ens/sep2000/2000L - 09 - 29 - 15 . litml <br /> billion per year . <br /> " There ' s no deal , " Gorton told reporters after a closed door <br /> bargaining session with pro - CARA Republicans and White House <br /> officials earlier this week . Gorton threatened to filibuster an effort to <br /> move CARA through the Senate . <br /> Congressman Norm Dicks , a Democrat from Washington , was <br /> IF <br /> instrumental in breaking the logjam . Dicks made the proposal that <br /> was ultimately adopted by the anti - CARA Republicans . <br /> jIT Congressman Norm Dicks ( Photo courtesy <br /> ;. Office of the Congressman ) <br /> 9 <br /> � . Dicks expressed no disappointment with the <br /> �, , <br /> 444 forced compromise in the program . <br /> " This is the largest increase in conservation <br /> `._, . programs funding ever approved by <br /> Congress , Dicks said . This is a major victory <br /> t:*A for the Clinton - Gore administration , and it <br /> *i represents a real consensus to move forward <br /> . . a , , <br /> to acquire , preserve and maintain precious <br /> park lands and open spaces in America . " <br /> The Clinton administration is also very pleased that it was able to <br /> facilitate the removal of most of the " anti - environmental riders " from <br /> the Interior Department ' s spending bill , Frampton said . <br /> " We also had very intense negotiations during the last week over <br /> riders , Frampton said . " We think that basically all of the harmful <br /> anti - environmental riders have either been take on off, or we ' ve <br /> negotiated language which eliminated their harmful environmental <br /> impact . " <br /> A rider that would have cut funding for dam removal studies has <br /> been eliminated from the compromise spending bill , as have a <br /> number of measures that would have had detrimental effects on <br /> forest management activities in Colorado and New Hampshire , <br /> Frampton said . <br /> Moreover , Frampton said , the administration was able to modify the <br /> language of a controversial forest fuels reduction rider drafted by <br /> Senator Pete Domenici , a New Mexico Republican . Environmentalists <br /> had dubbed that amendment the " son of the salvage rider , " out of <br /> fear that it would have allowed more salvage logging timber sales in <br /> the nation ' s national forests . <br /> of 5 10/2/2000 8 : 21 AM <br />