Senate Democrats pledge to block environment 'riders' in spending bills

On the eve of a Senate panel hearing on EPA's fiscal year 2018 budget, over three dozen Senate Democrats are urging appropriators to keep any bills for EPA and other federal agencies free of controversial environmental policy riders and suggesting they will block spending legislation that includes them. “To help maintain regular order and to ensure bipartisan support, we urge you to keep the FY18 bills free of controversial environmental policy riders,” 39 Senate Democrats write in a June 26...