Water bill could see smooth sailing in Senate, despite critics

Published on May 27, 2013 15:59 by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government

Amid sharply partisan exchanges over guns, immigration and the federal budget, the debate that began in the Senate this week over a water resources bill seems relatively tame.

This is the same Senate where it usually requires 60 votes to get anything done. And while Senate Democrats and Republicans praised each other for their work on the Water Resources Development Act, the bill also must pass the House of Representatives, where bipartisan agreement is even harder to achieve.

But after a series of deadly and costly storms slammed the East and Gulf coasts in recent years, the water legislation may be the best chance for lawmakers to prove that Washington isn't completely dysfunctional and can attempt to fix an urgent problem.

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