Editors' Summary: This Comment surveys the environmental activity of the first session of the 99th Congress. While Congress could have passed reauthorizations of most major environmental programs including hazardous waste management, clean water, and clean air, it focused instead on money—the budget, departmental appropriations, and tax reform. Numerous bills progressed during the session, but few actually passed—the farm bill and the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act being the notable exceptions.