Democrats Fear Shutdown As House Slashes EPA’s FY24 Spending Plan

House Democrats are warning that the government will shut down when current spending approval expires Nov. 17 after Republicans, on a near-party-line vote, approved a bill that slashes EPA spending for fiscal year 2024 by nearly 40 percent from current levels, a cut that President Joe Biden has pledged to veto and the Senate will not consider. “Continuing to consider these extreme Republican bills only brings us closer to a shutdown. We continue to waste our time debating partisan policies...