Politico reports:
Straining to meet their budget targets, House Republicans proposed a new round of deep cuts from environmental, arts, and wildlife programs Monday, going billions of dollars beyond the across-the-board reductions already ordered by sequestration in March.
The $24.3 billion natural resources bill represents a $5.5 billion reduction from what Congress had approved only last spring and is about $4 billion below what the agencies have been living with since March.
An estimated $1.5 billion in emergency funding is added to meet fire-fighting costs and the Forest Service’s budget would grow chiefly because of wildfire prevention and suppression programs. But elsewhere the picture is exceptionally bleak.
A good start. Keep going
More, more, I’m still not satisfied!
As Mr. Reynolds says, “Faster, please.”