House Votes to Block EPA Power-Plant Rules

<> House Votes to Block EPA Power-Plant Rules - The Republican-controlled House Tuesday approved a pair of measures blocking federal rules to cut power-plant emissions, a symbolic move aimed at sowing doubt about President Barack Obama's climate agenda while world leaders gather in Paris to forge an accord on the problem -- measures passed mainly on partyline votes of 242-180 & 235-188 – White House has already indicated it would veto similar measures passed in the Senate [S.J. Res. 23 and S.J. Res. 24 – resolutions identical to H.J. Res. 71 and H.J. Res. 72] A Win-Win-Win on Jobs, Energy, and the Environment - House Speaker Paul Ryan on the symbolic resolutions and H.R.8 -- a new energy vision for today's era of energy abundance that would replace outdated policies rooted in the old ideas of energy scarcity.  Smith Statement on Bills to Block EPA Regs Inhofe Praises the House Voting to Block the President's Carbon Mandates Upton Kicks Off Debate on Landmark Energy Bill H.R.8 White House Statement of Administration Policy Veto Warning On H.R.8 More details on H.R.8