Saving our environment from Washington: How congress grabs power, shirks responsibility, and shortchanges the people

Saving Our Environment from Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility, and Shortchanges the People

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-297

  Schoenbrod, David ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CATO INSTITUTE   (United States)

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