House 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-…

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.

  • fleabomber@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    I was being a butthole and suggesting capitalism isn’t the Boogeyman we’ve all been searching for all along. I like Finland.

    • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      And yet everyone would admit when capitalism is left to its own devices. Unregulated, it absolutely is the boogeyman we’re all looking for. If it wasn’t, we would not be in such dire need of tightly regulating and controlling it.