1.   But beach restoration has many advocates, including Robert Dean, a coastal engineering specialist at the University of Florida.

2.   For instance, Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., offered an amendment that would have limited spending for beach restoration.

3.   The beach restoration has worked so well that a sand replenishment project, originally scheduled for last year, has been postponed until this fall.

4.   Young noted that Congress has a history of raising the presidential ante on beach restoration.