This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Sen. Slade Gorton has told President Clinton to let Washington state and Congress figure out what to do with the Hanford Reach. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has introduced a bill to have the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manage the Reach. After months of political banter between parties, Gorton told the president neither bill has enough support to make it past Congress. Staff members for Murray, Gorton and Hastings have been trying to hammer out a deal since June's public hearing in Mattawa about the future of the Reach.
Consensus takes time.
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