Murkowski to Call on Congress to Block Federal Greenhouse Gas Regulation

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Republican Alaskan senator Lisa Murkowski is thinking of invoking an obscure, rarely used measure that allows Congress to roll back government regulations.
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A Republican senator from Alaska is expected to call on Congress today to strip the Obama administration - and any future US government - of its powers to curb global warming pollution. Lisa Murkowski, an emerging leader on energy in Republican ranks, told a press conference on Wednesday she was thinking of invoking an obscure, rarely used measure that allows Congress to roll back government regulations.

At this point in time, my inclination is to proceed with the resolution of disapproval," she said. "I think that is a more clear path forward." If it passes, the resolution, brought under the Congressional Review Act, could remove the Obama administration's "plan B" for climate change - resorting to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to curb greenhouse gas emissions if Congress fails to act.

The measure - called the "nuclear option" by environmentalists - would also ban the administration from drafting any new regulation that would be substantially the same. That would make it even more difficult for any US government to regulate power plants and other big emitters.

Environmentalists say the proposal is unlikely to pass, but ensuring its defeat could require a new round of partisan warfare that could be damaging for Democrats and Obama's agenda.

More: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/21-0

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One thing you have to say about Republicans is they play for keeps- and they play to win (even at the expense of everyone's destruction).

Would that Democrats had even a fraction of their mettle