Sen. Whitehouse cited by environmental group, Esquire
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Election Day is still almost three weeks off, but the congressional post-season is already underway, with lobbying groups and commentators passing out garlands to favored legislators. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., can point this week to applause for his work on committees that deal with environmental and judicial matters. Restore America's Estuaries has recognized the Rhode Island Democrat as a ``Coastal Habitat Restoration Champion,'' citing his work on the Estuary Restoration Act. Esquire Magazine, meanwhile, named Whitehouse one of its ``Ten Best Members of Congress'' in its current issue. The list, evenly split by party, honors six from the House and four from the Senate. The other senators are Olympia Snowe, R-Me.; Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.; Mark Pryor, D-Ark. The magazine calls Whitehouse ``a most impressive new senator'' and praises his questioning of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales during Senate hearings about the Bush administration's firings of federal prosecutors. 
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