Republicans promise full House vote on EPA climate rules within weeks

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Controversial Energy Tax Prevention Bill clears first House subcommittee

Republican efforts to strip the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions completed their first legislative step yesterday, when a key House subcommittee...

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