Democrats Unfazed by Republican Riders to Defund Clean Power Plan
House Republicans unveiled an appropriations bill Tuesday that would cut Environmental Protection Agency funds and defund a series of President Obama’s environmental programs, including the Clean Power Plan. But at a subcommittee vote on Wednesday, Democrats weren’t terribly concerned.
The bill would give slightly less than $8 billion to the EPA, $291 million less than Obama requested. It also would block the EPA from implementing the Clean Power Plan, its new rule on methane emissions, its “Waters of the United States” rule, and other regulations.
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