House Panel's Approval Of EPA Spending Bill Offers Prelude To Further Talks

The House Appropriations Committee has approved an EPA spending bill for fiscal year 2018 that provides the agency with significantly more than what the Trump administration had sought though the bill's passage offers a prelude to further negotiations among both House and Senate lawmakers over funding levels and policy riders. During the committee's July 18 markup of the Interior and environment appropriations bill, Democrats rejected the measure in its current form, signaling they plan to fight to further increase funding...