The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing stripping rules that would have enforced federal clean water regulations on thousands of bodies of water in the United States.
Vulnerable California Republican Rep. Jeff Denham is consulting with every part of federal government he can to shut down a state water plan disliked in his district — including encouraging a lawsuit from the Attorney General. Nothing has worked so far.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, answers questions from reporters on at the U.S. Capitol about the government shutdown. On Thursday, Dec. 27, Roberts was the only senator from either party on Capitol Hill.
