GOP BILL TO 'SUNSET' EPA, AGENCY PROGRAMS MAY HEAD TO HOUSE VOTE

House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) appears likely to allow a vote this year on a controversial bill authorizing a "sunset" committee to recommend the elimination of "failing" federal agencies and their programs, after House conservatives pushed the Republican leadership to enact new protocols to trim the budget, according to a leadership aide. The Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives led by Rep. Mike Pence (IN), is telling Boehner and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) that as part...