The 'spill bill' -- House bill would cut spill over dams for salmon

The U.S. House of Representatives has narrowly passed a bill, opposed by the Governors of Washington and Oregon, that would curtail spill over Columbia and Snake River dams that speeds migration of young salmon to sea.

The legislation would also prevent any breaching of four Army Corps of Engineers dams on the Snake River, which stand in the way of salmon migration to and from spawning habitat on such wild streams as Idaho's Salmon River.

Idaho's late Gov. Cecil Andrus once summed up the controversy with a suggested bumper sticker: "Idaho: Has Habitat, Needs Fish."

The legislation is a brainchild of Washington Republican Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse. McMorris Rodgers is facing a tough reelection race against Democratic challenger Lisa Brown, until recently chancellor of Washington State University-Spokane.

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