SENATORS BLAME TIGHT BUDGET CAPS FOR FAILURE TO RESTORE EPA CUTS

Senate appropriators -- who in the past have been able to restore some of the EPA budget cuts proposed by the Bush administration -- say the limited allocation of funds to the panel that oversees the agency's budget made it all but impossible for them to boost funding levels in the agency's fiscal year 2007 budget. The Senate appropriations subcommittee for interior and related agencies June 27 approved a bill that provides EPA with $7.5 billion for FY07, up from...