Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson put forth an appropriations bill today that would slash the EPA’s budget by $2.9 billion next year, a 35 percent cut that would drop the agency to a funding level below what it had in 1978 and block the Obama Administration’s climate change agenda. The Interior and Environment Appropriations bill includes a total of more than $5 billion in cuts, including major cuts to the Forest Service, BLM, national parks and more, but EPA would bear the biggest brunt/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Is Simpson wooing reactionaries with this bill, which has zero chance of success, now that he's being challenged with a Club for Growth candidate?