you can always count on Republicans for astounding hypocrisy....
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/appropriations/171039-appropriators-battle-over-grand-canyonHouse Democrats repeatedly tried and failed to strip environmental riders from the 2012 Interior and Environment spending bill on Tuesday and they focused their strongest rhetoric against a rider that allows uranium mining near the Grand Canyon.
Anti-earmark crusader Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), sponsor of the rider allowing mining, came under fire for supporting what Democrats called a special interest provision benefiting a Korean mining company. “Why isn’t this a special interest item and why is it good for the people of America?” committee ranking member Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) asked.