{"id":2271,"date":"2011-08-02T08:48:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T14:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2011-08-02T08:48:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T14:48:54","slug":"house-democrats-take-aim-at-gop-environmental-voting-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=2271","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Take Aim at GOP Environmental Voting Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 2, 2011-by Jean Chemnick in the New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Republican-led House has voted to “stop,” “block” or “undermine” efforts to protect the environment 110 times since taking over the majority in January, two senior Democrats said last week.<\/p>\n

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Henry Waxman, the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has long been an environmental champion.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), who sponsored a bill that passed the House in 2009 that would have established a cap-and-trade scheme for greenhouse gas emissions, said the current House has done more to scuttle environmental protections than any in history.<\/p>\n

“The new Republican majority seems intent on restoring the robber-baron era where there were no controls on pollution from power plants, oil refineries and factories,” said Waxman, who serves as top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee.<\/p>\n

Natural Resources ranking member Markey, meanwhile, said the Republican agenda was a rifle “pointed right at the heart of America’s clean energy future.”<\/p>\n

The lawmakers provided a chart of all votes the House has taken since January that they deem likely to have a harmful effect on the environment. Republicans have argued the environmental regulations they targeted are overly burdensome and hurt the economy and job creation.<\/p>\n

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