Proving there is more than one way to get things done, Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar persuaded a key Senate committee Wednesday to order the Army Corps of Engineers to begin studying whether a dam or reservoir should be built on Fountain Creek for flood control and other purposes. The Army Corps now has the authorization to look at the feasibility of building a dam and is directed to do that," said Salazar, a Democrat, after the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved his resolution on a voice vote. The Corps' budget process is slow-moving so Congress established a shortcut that gives the Senate and House public works committees special authority to order work done through project resolutions. In this case, Salazar's resolution requires the Fountain Creek study. 

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