Sources: White House proposes to cut EPA budget by quarter – The White House has proposed slashing EPA’s budget by about a quarter and eventually eliminating 1 in 5 of the agency’s workers, according to sources familiar with the budget proposal sent to EPA on Monday. Trump Will Have To Break The Law To Pass His Budget – The White House either hasn’t thought through what it’s going to take to put the just-announced Trump spending plans in place, or doesn’t really care.