July 21st, 2011

Republicans in the U.S. House are again packing budget bills with riders that would strip away protections for clean water, clean air and wildlife. They’re adding these measures as riders on the coming 2012 budget bills, which is how the budget gets tweaked. The problem, say environmental advocates, is that these budget riders also are being used to fly politically unpopular amendments in under the radar, even when they have little to do with spending.

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