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- Anti-Environmental Budget Riders
A significant assault on health and environmental protection is underway in Congress.
Overview - Lawmakers must pass 12 spending bills for fiscal 2012 to fund the government, and some House Republicans are seizing this opportunity to jam through unpopular anti-environmental policies that have nothing to do with spending.
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- 2012 Anti-Environmental Riders
Congress is at it again with another significant assault on health and environment protections.
Overview - Lawmakers must pass 12 spending bills for fiscal 2013 to fund the government, and some House Republicans are seizing this opportunity again to jam through unpopular anti-environmental policies that have nothing to do with spending.
- Congress Must Get Transportation Bill Back on Track
Overview - Once again, Republican leadership is hijacking a must-pass bill in order to advance an extreme anti-environmental agenda. The House should be working on a thoughtful transportation policy that could actually become law - not playing games by adding misguided and destructive measures to the already-delayed transportation bill.
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