Inhofe Paves The Way - Even With Democrats.

U.S. Senate Democrats are praising Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe for his ability to pull together a tight bipartisan transportation coalition. That would be the same Inhofe who Democrats and their environmental allies have variously dubbed as partisan, the Clean Air Villain and Attila the Hun. However, Inhofe is winning accolades from both parties for putting aside partisanship and working closely with Environment and Public Works ranking member James Jeffords. The nature of a large transportation bill could be behind the transformation of Inhofe's reputation.