Fiscal Year 2012 – House Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill – Part 2 In an another example of paying for tax cuts to billionaires with deregulation and spending cuts, the House Interior-Environment […]
House Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill Limits Judicial Review on Wyoming and Western Great Lakes Wolf Delisting.
Fiscal Year 2012 – House Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill – Part 1 Today the Fiscal Year 2012 Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill was released by the House Appropriations Committee. The bill is a very […]
Idaho’s Mike Simpson proposes deep cuts to EPA, Forest Service, BLM
Newly important congressman also proposes to “reform” Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid- Simpson has long been thought of as Idaho’s “moderate” Republican, but now that he has moved into a […]
Senate and House pass budget bill with wolf delisting rider.
President Obama will sign the bill into law and wolves will no longer enjoy the protection of the Endangered Species Act. The House and Senate passed a budget bill which […]
Wolf delisting provision gets attached to Republican version of the continuing budget resolution by Representative Mike Simpson (R-ID)
Delists wolves in Northern Rockies but leaves out Wyoming. The GOP in the House of Representatives is starting to work on their version of a continuing budget resolution that would […]
Idaho congressman addresses Governor Otter's concerns about Boulder-White Clouds bill
Simpson writes Otter a letter- Rocky Barker has an important column on this many-years-in-the-making-“wilderness” bill. Simpson addresses Otter’s concerns about wilderness bill. Letters from the West. Idaho Statesman. By Rocky […]
Otter makes headlines, but Simpson get things done
This is about Idaho drinking water and also how Idaho’s Representative Simpson is the one who really gets things done- I thought it was kind of funny because I read […]
Idaho's Mike Simpson picks up Craig's range ideas
There is an important story in the WWP blog. Idaho’s one kinda moderate member of Congress (Rep. Mike Simpson, 2nd district) is stepping in to fill Craig’s stance on grazing […]