Great Lakes Compact may be approved by Congress this year or next

Gov. Doyle in Washington to talk to lawmakers about passage By CRAIG GILBERT cgilbert@journalsentinel.com Washington - The Great Lakes Compact, a politically painstaking effort to protect lake water from being diverted to distant regions, will be ratified by Congress this year or next, its supporters predicted Wednesday. Photo/AP Gov. Jim Doyle (right) talks with Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) on Capitol Hill in Washington July 23, 2008, before a news conference Wednesday introducing the Great Lakes Compact in Congress. The treaty has passed the legislatures of the eight states that border the lakes. A series of reports on acute problems plaguing Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes region The compact would provide "unprecedented protections" against water diversions, said Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, who joined federal lawmakers of... [read full story]