The House has finished considering amendments for and is expected to pass a bill that will fund the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and several other related administrative offices. There is virtually zero chance that the bill will ever become law.
The bill, as written by the Republican-led House, prohibits the EPA from implementing the Clean Power Plan or the Waters of the United States rule, two key administration priorities and also helpful ways to keep our air and water at levels that can sustain human life. Even if the Senate version didn’t face a filibuster, President Obama has already said he will veto a bill that doesn’t allow the EPA to do its job. This bill would effectively stop the EPA from advancing any new health or safety safeguards
But the House pushed forward with 130 amendments over the past two days, despite promises last fall that Congress would work together to provide Obama with a poison-pill-free set of appropriations bills....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/07/14/3798081/the-house-riders-again/
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