Dems Pull EPA Appropriations Bill Over Cap and Trade Resolution
20/09/10 16:04
This flew a little under the radar for me, so in case anyone else missed it...
Last week the Senate Appropriations Committee was set to vote on an amendment to the Interior-EPA Appropriations bill that would have imposed a one-year ban on global warming regulations. The amendment would have prevented funding of the EPA's regulatory project on global warming. Appropriations are done yearly, hence the reason for the one-year ban. The Obama administration and the EPA have attempted to do what Congress has thus far refused to do, by declaring carbon dioxide a pollutant and regulating it under the Clean Air Act. Americans have made it clear they don't support cap and trade legislation, and as a result, Congress has been unable to pass it. Obama and the EPA are essentially circumventing the democratic process to impose and enforce cap and trade through the EPA...a backdoor method, if you will.
Last week the Senate Appropriations Committee was set to vote on an amendment to the Interior-EPA Appropriations bill that would have imposed a one-year ban on global warming regulations. The amendment would have prevented funding of the EPA's regulatory project on global warming. Appropriations are done yearly, hence the reason for the one-year ban. The Obama administration and the EPA have attempted to do what Congress has thus far refused to do, by declaring carbon dioxide a pollutant and regulating it under the Clean Air Act. Americans have made it clear they don't support cap and trade legislation, and as a result, Congress has been unable to pass it. Obama and the EPA are essentially circumventing the democratic process to impose and enforce cap and trade through the EPA...a backdoor method, if you will.
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