IHouse Republicans approved legislation Friday that would slash nearly 40 percent of the budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The funding bill, passed by a 213-203 vote, cuts 39 percent of the EPA’s budget and would be the smallest budget the agency has had in three decades. Republican Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Mike Lawler (N.Y.) and Marc Molinaro (N.Y.) voted against the bill, while Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (Texas) was recorded as voting for it.
It sucks, but it also may be by design. We need democratic representatives in red states to keep their seats. If they have to vote for GOP policies here and there to keep their seats and are open about that with house democratic leadership then that is something Hakeem Jeffries can plan for. This likely would have passed without democratic votes, so if it helps a few in precarious districts, I’m not as mad.