House Dems Who Now Oppose Restricting EPA Authority Wanted To In 2009

House Democrats led by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) have sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner opposing Republican efforts to shut down the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate “greenhouse gas” emissions.

Two years ago, however, House Democrats – again led by Waxman – voted to deny the EPA just such authority.

The bill Waxman and his Democratic colleagues oppose is H.R. 910, which was introduced by chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and has 95 co-sponsors.

H.R. 910 would prohibit the EPA from issuing any further regulations based on its Clean Air Act authority, and repeal regulations it has already issued – just the type of regulations Waxman and Markey sought to prohibit in 2009.

“The [EPA] Administrator may not, under this Act, promulgate any regulation concerning, take action relating to, or take into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change,” H.R. 910 says.

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