Senator Johnston's state ranks highest for releases of toxic chemicals.

"Senator Johnston is simply saying, 'You don't play without me.' "

"We will not cram legislation down anyone's throat," Senator Johnston said.

Senator Johnston's amendment would limit the grant to $11 million.

"Right now," former Senator Johnston said, "there is huge public sympathy for all those people down there."

Senator Johnston said, "I don't know if we have the ability to deploy those funds."

In those meetings, Senator Johnston said, he has strongly urged them to support his son's candidacy.

Senator Johnston has told the President not to bother lobbying him until he has had a chance to study the result.

"It's particularly bad for my state," Senator Johnston said.

But it did not give the same exemption for ordinary independent power production plants, as Senator Johnston has now proposed.