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Senate Rejects GOP Bid to Thwart Federal Climate Rules
2013-03-25 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: The Senate cast a symbolic vote late Friday to uphold President Obamas power to regulate carbon emissions through executive action, casting aside a GOP amendment to block Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules. Lawmakers, just before midnight, voted 47-52 to reject Sen. James Inhofes (R-Okla.) amendment to the nonbinding budget blueprint that would have prohibited federal greenhouse gas regulations. Democrats Mary Landrieu (La.), Mark Pryor (Ark.) and Joe Manchin (W.Va.) voted along...
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