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Key House Dem co-sponsorship for reining in the EPA
« on: March 03, 2011, 11:31:05 AM »
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Democrats co-sponsor House bill to curb EPA

...Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) told POLITICO on Wednesday that he will be co-sponsoring the legislation from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) that puts a freeze on EPA’s regulatory agenda for major industrial polluters like power plants and petroleum refiners.

“The EPA needs to be reined in,” said Peterson, the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee and a frequent critic of the agency.

Upton and Whitfield, the chairman of the Energy and Power Subcommittee, have been offering small changes to their bill in their courtship of moderate and conservative Democrats like Peterson. Support from House Democrats, they hope, will put pressure on Senate Democrats and the Obama White House to accept their legislation....


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Re: Key House Dem co-sponsorship for reining in the EPA
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2011, 11:42:52 AM »
Heh, Pelosi, Reid & Obama won't care for that defection.

But, a 2 year moratorium?  How about permanent ban! 

Duh lame Wun will veto either one anyway...go for broke!
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