House GOP readies bill to prohibit EPA from regulating carbon emissions

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020206575.html

By Darryl Fears
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Acting on a vow to fight the Obama administration on climate issues, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, unveiled draft legislation Wednesday to try to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its power to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

Sen. James M. Inhofe (Okla.), ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), chairman of the subcommittee on energy and power, joined Upton in issuing what they called the Energy Tax Prevention Act.

In a statement, the congressmen said the legislation's intent is to show that the Clean Air Act was not meant to address climate change, stop the EPA "from imposing a backdoor cap-and-trade tax" on industries identified as polluters, and protect American jobs.

"We firmly believe federal bureaucrats should not be unilaterally setting national climate change policy," the statement said.

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1. I'll bet the Koch Brothers had it ready for Cantor in Rancho Mirage

Talk about water-carrying....

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2. The GOP has gone out in the open with their corporate whoring

They have absolutely no shame and will do what ever the corporations need them to.

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3. Freddy and Jimmy can eat tarballs and die.