Senate rebuffs GOP cuts to environmental programs

The Senate on Wednesday voted down a House spending proposal that contained a wide array of cuts to environmental initiatives in California and across the nation.

The measure, approved by the Republican-led House last month, sliced more than $60 billion from the federal budget, including a $3-billion reduction in funds for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The Senate also gave a thumbs-down to an alternate budget plan of more modest cuts offered by the chamber's Democrats.

The votes leave lawmakers with less than two weeks to forge a compromise plan or face a government shutdown.

For more, read the L.A. Times story on the Senate action.

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--Bettina Boxall

Comments

[berribrand]

Perhaps Republicans need to propose a cut on their own wages instead of cutting everyone else's. What world do these people live in? They think teachers and truck drivers make too much money? That the way to deal with our budget deficits is to cut benefits from the people who educate our children?? Seriously??

[Atlanta Roofing]

Mr. McConnell tells us that the only people not sacrificin¬g during the economic downturn are federal government workers. Obviously, he's forgetting Wall Street, lobbyists, corporate executives and the ultra-rich¬. All of whom are doing just fine. And come to think of it, he and his fellow fellow senators aren't feeling a lot of pain either. Does anyone actually take what this man is saying seriously?