The Senate has voted to repeal #EPA regulation of seven pollutants. This is the first time in decades that the Clean Air Act has been weakened.
As an aside: this action uses the Congressional Review Act, an awful act that not only allows congress to review specific rules issued by agencies, but to overturn them AND PROHIBIT THEIR REINTRODUCTION FOREVER. IMO this law violates the separation of powers (Congress can muck around with agencies that report to the Executive, for instance), allows Congress to prevent agencies from implementing their own rulemaking processes, and allows Congress to break things PERMANENTLY. This act was signed into law in 1996 by…Bill Clinton. Thanks, Slick Willie, you jackass.
