Emissions Omission Clouds Inhofe's 'Clear Skies' Picture.

The article reports on US politics. Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Inhofe is aiming for speedy action on his version of the George W. Bush administration's signature air quality bill, although prospects for committee passage remain uncertain. Inhofe plans a hearing in January and a markup in February on a modified "Clear Skies" air quality bill he introduced this year with Senate Environment and Public Works Clean Air Subcommittee Chairman George Voinovich, R-Ohio. But the same opposition that prevented Inhofe from getting the bill done this year, when Republicans held a 10-9 advantage on the committee, might hamper it next year as well, even though Republicans will have a two-vote advantage because of GOP gains in the Senate.