EPA Research Facing Cuts After Senate Vote.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is bracing for budget cuts in its in-house and extramural science programs. Last week a spending panel of the U.S. Senate cut $60 million from 2004 request of EPA. The budget crunch could worsen when the Senate negotiates final budget numbers with the U.S. House, because both bodies have proposed millions of dollars in special projects not requested by the agency.