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The push to include IRA funding for climate-smart agriculture practices in the short-term funding ball collapsed in the final hours.
Why it matters: The continuing resolution was a major disappointment for Democrats and environmental groups that had been pressing for lawmakers to protect the $17 billion from expiration or reallocation.
- Republicans could now use the funding — along with other IRA programs or unallocated funding — to pay for a reconciliation package next year.
What they're saying: Republicans' rejection of the Democratic offer is a "huge missed opportunity" and "fails both farmers and our environment," Madeleine Foote, director of the League of Conservation Voters' Healthy Communities Program.
Driving the news: The CR was light on energy and climate surprises beyond a major win for ethanol producers.
- The text included a bipartisan recycling bill sponsored by Sen. Tom Carper and Shelley Moore Capito to require EPA to collect and publish data on recycling and explore a national composting program.
- It doesn't include bills that energy and environment committees have moved this year, including the RISEE Act and AM radio mandate.
