"A Senate spending panel advanced a bill Tuesday to block or weaken key Obama administration environmental rules on climate change, water and other subjects.

The bill would fund the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Interior Department and other related agencies at $30.01 billion for the 2016 fiscal year, about $400 million less than what Congress passed for this year.

It would overturn the EPA’s rule asserting power over small waterways like wetlands and streams and prevent it from writing a strict new rule on ground-level ozone pollution."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill June 16, 2015. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"House Panel Approves $30.17B Bill Cutting EPA Funds, Blocking Rules" (The Hill) [3]

"GOP Challenges Obama To Veto Showdown Over EPA Riders" (E&E Daily) [4]