Republican House votes to defund Environmental Protection Agency

[cali]

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved an amendment late Friday afternoon that will eliminate funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The measure, known as the Poe-Carter Amendment after its sponsors, Reps. Ted Poe and John Carter of Texas, is part of the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution.

The amendment will specifically cut funding for EPA efforts to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from stationary sources.

“I am pleased that my colleagues in the House have chosen to put a stop to the back-door attempts by the administration to bypass Congress and circumvent the will of the American people,” said Poe in a statement after the amendment’s passage. “The era of EPA overstepping its authority by imposing over-burdensome and unnecessary regulations at the expense of American businesses is over.”

The EPA has come under fire lately from Republican lawmakers for new regulations that target carbon emissions. A number of bills have been introduced in the House and Senate to repeal the regulations

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailycaller/20110218/pl_dailycaller/republicanhousevotestodefundenvironmentalprotectionagency

[tallahasseedem]

1. ***Sigh***

And this makes the 2012 election that much more important.

[mmonk]

2. We knew it was coming.

Funny that Republicans created it.

[Raksha]

3. That's insane!

I don't know what these teahadist Congress critters think they're proving with these insane bills, like defunding Planned Parenthood or defunding the EPA. They will NEVER pass the Senate or get Obama's signature, so what's the point? All they are proving is that they should all be locked in padded cells. They definitely don't belong in Congress.

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. You know it. I know it. They know it.

They're playing to the peanut gallery, so all the Kochsuckers who put them in there in the first place will vote for them again. Remember the first rule: Get elected. Second rule: Stay elected.

[KansDem]

4. Because private industry does such a good job at regulating itself...

:eyes:

[bluethruandthru]

5. God forbid we impose ANY regulations on businesses!

They might get mad and move their jobs overseas....oh, wait...

[toddwv]

6. Just when you think that apologizing to BP was crazy...

the teahadists up the ante.

[formercia]

7. Aren't you glad they didn't take over the Senate too?

It would have made things a lot cheaper for the Corporations to get things done.

See, Congress isn't so dumb after all...:rofl:

[Tatiana]

8. Wow. These Republicans even have Nixon turning over in his grave.

I sit here and wonder how we got to this point... where these a-holes are actually leaders in our political process.

Did we not mobilize enough voters? Are are voters really that stupid? Perhaps gullible? Or do these so-called Christians have no clue about the Christian faith they profess to follow.