A down-to-the-wire compromise trims the 2011 Federal Budget by about 1 percent, but environmental protection takes deeper cuts as the EPA is slashed 16 percent. The deal also cuts wolves from the endangered species list.
Lawmakers are busy battling out the budget for next year, but have finally settled on big cuts to the budget for the rest of this year. Host Steve Curwood talks with Washington correspondent Mitra Taj about how the eleventh-hour compromise treated federal environmental initiatives.