http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060317/ap_on_re_us/boehlert_retirementUTICA, N.Y. - Republican Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (news, bio, voting record), chairman of the House Science Committee, announced plans to retire Friday after nearly 24 years in Congress.
Boehlert, 69, is a leader of a small moderate GOP faction in Congress that has clashed with
President Bush over such issues as global warming and spending for social programs.
In recent years, that faction won some hard-fought legislative victories, but those battles have not endeared Boehlert to a number of powerful House Republicans.