EPA employee union launches bid to battle funding cuts
The House is debating fiscal 2012 spending plans that provide $7.1 billion for the EPA, well below the agency’s current-year funding of $8.7 billion — and $1.8 billion less than the White House is seeking for fiscal 2012.
Rep. Jim Moran (Va.), the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee panel that crafts the EPA’s budget, this week predicted that the deal to trim the deficit by over $2 trillion over 10 years will mean ongoing pain for environmental and conservation programs.
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