House passes EPA-blocking bill as shutdown looms

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EPA climate rules emerge as deal-breaker in eleventh-hour budget negotiations

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives yesterday passed legislation that would permanently block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, cranking...

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