Republicans Join Democrats Against Trump`s Great Lakes Cuts


Republicans Join Democrats Against Trump`s Great Lakes Cuts


Republicans from Great Lakes states are joining Democrats in opposing President Donald Trump`s plan to kill funding for a popular environmental program.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — It sounds like an idea that would warm a conservative Republican`s heart: Kill funding of a regional environmental cleanup that has lasted seven years and cost the federal government more than $2 billion, with no end in sight. If states want to keep the program going, let them pick up the tab....

..."I think it makes sense for us to continue to make prudent investments in protecting and improving the Great Lakes," Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told The Associated Press, adding that he would lobby the Trump administration and congressional leaders to put the money back....

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Ken Notes: Let`s all send a thank you note to Gov. Walker for this!!!

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