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Republicans launch swift attack on Obama's climate change agenda

07 January 2011 • 3 min read

House Republicans use first day of legislative business to table three bills that would neuter the EPA

As widely anticipated, Republicans in the House of Representatives have wasted no time with their efforts to neuter the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), using the first two days of legislative business...

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