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Reid aide calls EPA-rider fight resolved; Boehner aide says not so fast
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Friday that "everything" has been resolved in the ongoing showdown over government spending except a rider related to abortion rights.
That includes a fight over Environmental Protection Agency riders that would block funding for key agency regulations, Reid's spokesman clarified to The Hil.
But Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), told The Hill that there has not been a decision on EPA-related provisions in the spending plan. Steel added that “the largest issue is still spending cuts.”
The House GOP's spending plan would block funding for implementation of EPA climate change rules and several other EPA policies.
The Hill's Michael O'Brien has the latest on the spending fight and the prospects for a government shutdown.
This story was updated at 10:30 a.m.
Ben Geman contributed to this story.
