"The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday advanced a $32.1 billion spending bill for the Interior Department and environment programs, sending a bill laden with policy riders to the House floor.

The bill cuts $64 million from current sending levels and would block a handful of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules.

It would cut the EPA’s budget by $164 million, which is a smaller cut than Republicans have pursued in the past. But the spending bill blocks a handful of regulations — Democrats counted 33 policy riders on the bill — that Democrats say will hurt environmental programming."

Devin Henry reports for The Hill June 15, 2016. [2]