Democrats' Budget Amendments To Target EPA Water, TRI Policies

House Democrats this week are planning to offer amendments to EPA's fiscal year 2007 appropriations bill that would block the agency from implementing controversial reforms to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting program, and bar implementation of a contentious policy that critics say limits the scope of the Clean Water Act, according to House sources and lobbyists. At the same time, House Republicans will likely attempt to strip from the spending legislation a non-binding resolution calling on Congress to enact...