White House Veto Threat Leads Democrats To Cancel Energy, Water Funding Bill Markup

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Senate Democrats cancelled the markup of an energy and water spending bill scheduled for June 19 after the White House indicated it would veto the legislation if an amendment to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's power plant rule was attached. The move by the Senate Appropriations Committee puts the fate of the $34.2 billion legislation, which funds the Energy Department and other energy and water programs for fiscal year 2015, in limbo. Committee chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said she made the decision to pull the bill from consideration on the eve of the markup in consultation with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the committee's subcommittee on energy and water development.