CNS News is reporting today on an end run the Obama Administration is about to do around Congress. Because the Cap and Trade (also knows as Cap and Tax) energy bill is stalled in Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency is planning to regulate carbon and other greenhouse gasses under the Clean Air Act. If this is carried out, Cap and Tax will essentially be put into effect without anyone having the chance to vote on it! Some Congressmen are objecting to being cut out of the lawmaking process. They have proposed a bill to stop the power grab.
According to the article:
"The Republican-led measure coming to a vote late Thursday would stop the Environmental Protection Agency from carrying out rules to regulate carbon and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
"At least four Democrats have indicated their support for the legislation, and the vote is expected to be close. The measure will produce the most important vote this year on the climate change issue and is seen as a test of where lawmaker sentiments lie."
The bill to stop the EPA power grab has the support of Democrat Senator Jay Rockefeller, who stated, "I believe we must send a strong message that the fate of West Virginia's economy, our manufacturing industries and our workers should not be solely in the hands of EPA." He is correct. This is a power grab and needs to be stopped.
The supposed justification for this action by the EPA is a Supreme Court decision in 2007 which stated that the Clean Air Act should allow the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases if they were shown the be a health risk. The EPA then decided that Global Warming was a health risk and therefore they should be allowed to regulate these gases.
Senate Joint Resolution 26 comes up for a vote today. Please call your Congressman and tell him (or her) to stop the EPA power grab.
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