EPA FACES DIM PROSPECTS FOR A FUNDING BOOST AS HOUSE ACTION NEARS

House sources from both parties are casting dim prospects on whether the chamber will be able to restore major cuts the Bush administration is proposing for EPA in fiscal year 2007, as a key House panel prepares to mark up the agency's funding bill as soon as this week. "It's just an average year -- not as good as last year but better than next year," says one Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. The House interior, environment and related...