...and get Lewis and Clark through.'' The chairman of the House committee that authorizes water projects is Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif. Not many water projects have been approved by Doolittle's committee in recent years, Johnson said...

...include Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., and Republican Reps. Barbara Cubin of Wyoming, Mike Simpson of Idaho, John Doolittle and George Radanovich of California and Bob Schaffer of Colorado -- all members of Young's committee. The money...

...included unrelated environmental water projects in California. Those projects were inserted at the behest of Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Resources Committee's water and power subcommittee, and South Dakota's...

...just before the 106th Congress adjourned. The Senate approved the measure late Friday night on a voice vote. Rep. John Doolittle, a California Republican who chairs the House Resource Committee's water and power subcommittee, had opposed the...