So he does have a backbone after all - Sen. Mitch McConnell
From
The Hill:
McConnell to force vote on EPA carbon regs
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday said he plans to force a vote to stop new Environmental Protection Agency regulations aimed at cutting carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.
McConnell said he, along with 40 other Republicans, will file a resolution of disapproval against the proposed EPA rule the Congressional Review Act.
EPA published its rule on the new performance standards for power plants � pushing for the facilities to be built with carbon capture technology � last week in the Federal Register. It came out nearly four months after EPA chief Gina McCarthy announced it would be a core element of President Obama's second-term climate change agenda.
Now, as a piece in the GOP's fight against what they call Obama's "war on coal," McConnell will seek to stop the regulations through the Review Act � a rarely used legislative tool that allows Congress to block regulations from the executive branch.
Good -- shut the bastards down. Cut their funding by 90% and force them to focus on real problems, not political machinations...
Posted by DaveH at January 19, 2014 10:38 AM