Ewire: Budget ‘compromise’ eases path for EPA spending bills

The just-released two-year budget deal between House Democrats and the Trump administration could ease the path for EPA appropriations this year and in 2020, but despite an overall spending hike the agreement could force cuts in environmental funds as part of about $77 billion in offsets. Politico reports that the House is expected to vote this week on the two-year agreement that will raise defense spending caps by $22 billion and non-defense caps by $27 billion, which is effectively...