Obama Deficit Plan Floats Higher EPA Program Fees, Infrastructure Funds

摘要

President Obama's deficit reduction plan for Congress' budget "super committee" would boost fees EPA collects through various programs, reinstate the Superfund tax and establish a national infrastructure bank, while pushing a focus on mandatory spending cuts by saying that discretionary spending for EPA and other agencies is at "historic" lows. The plan also advocates accelerating the permitting process for infrastructure projects, something Republicans have long called for. But the push for the infrastructure bank is already meeting House GOP resistance.