silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSenate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants | If also passed by the House as expected, the action will be the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean Air Act.www.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1168arrow-down1external-linkSenate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants | If also passed by the House as expected, the action will be the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean Air Act.www.washingtonpost.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoQuestion: Could this have been filibustered? You know, if Democrats had anything resembling a spine.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoNo, it’s being done under the Congressional Review Act, which isn’t subject to supermajority rules.
Question: Could this have been filibustered? You know, if Democrats had anything resembling a spine.
No, it’s being done under the Congressional Review Act, which isn’t subject to supermajority rules.