House ignores Trump’s push to slash EPA spending

By John Siciliano

Published July 19, 2018 4:34pm ET

House ignores Trump’s push to slash EPA spending — President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an event on tax policy in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, April 12, 2018, in Washington. Trump is ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to move faster on processing air pollution permits for businesses. A White House memorandum issued Thursday, April 12, instructs the EPA to take final action on Clean Air Act permit applications within one year. | (Evan Vucci/AP)

The House passed a portion of its fiscal 2019 spending bills on Thursday in a bill that gave the Environmental Protection Agency a slight haircut and ignored the White House’s demands for deeper cuts.

The spending bill passed the House floor in a party-line vote of 217-199. The EPA and Interior Department funding portions came in at $35.3 billion combined.