Toxic mercury pollution is so pervasive that many Americans cannot safely eat fish caught in local waters. Mercury causes learning disabilities, developmental delays, and other serious problems. But rather than crack down on the largest manmade source of mercury pollution in the U.S. - power plants - the Bush administration recently gave polluters a pass, delaying reductions in mercury emissions from power plants for years to come.

In June, Senators Patrick Leahy (VT) and Susan Collins (ME) introduced a bipartisan joint resolution to overturn the Bush administration's mercury plan and send the administration back to the drawing board to write a rule that complies with the law and protects public health.

The Senate is now expected to vote on the Leahy-Collins-Snowe resolution shortly after Labor Day.

To date, 34 senators have cosponsored the resolution: Patrick Leahy, Susan Collins, James Jeffords, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Joseph Biden, Maria Cantwell, Thomas Carper, John Rockefeller, Jon Corzine, Mark Dayton, Harry Reid, Christopher Dodd, Hilary Clinton, Richard Durbin, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Tom Harkin, Ted Kennedy, Herbert Kohl, Barack Obama, Frank Lautenberg, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Barbara Mikulski, Patty Murray, Jack Reed, Paul Sarbanes, Charles Schumer, Ron Wyden, Daniel Akaka, Olympia Snowe, Debbie Stabenow, and Daniel Inouye.