Can the Tea Party/House de-fund the EPA?

[no_hypocrisy]

I'm confused. Revenues and allocation of revenues originate in The House. Can the Senate restore funds that are either not allocated or removed from budgets?

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The Tea Party's next target: House Republicans aim to defund the Environmental Protection Agency, rolling back 40 years' progress on clean air and water


You'd think Congress would be too busy wrecking the economy to attack the environment. Yet, in the midst of a packed schedule snapping at President Obama's heels and lunging for each other's throats, Republicans have found time to try and rip the heart out of the Environmental Protection Agency, killing 40 years of protections for water, air, endangered species, wildlife habitat and national parks.

Instead of taking direct shots at the environment – not even Tea Tendency zealots come out and say they're pro-pollution – Republicans are going after the EPA. It's a "job-killer". America's high unemployment rate is not the fault of the worldwide recession or the housing bubble or Wall Street hubris or two unfunded wars on top of George W Bush's silly tax cuts for the rich, it's those damned DC bunny-huggers. Representative Mike Simpson of Idaho insists, "overregulation from EPA is at the heart of our stalled economy"; his colleague, Rep Louie Gohmert of Texas, says, "Let EPA go the way of the dinosaurs that became fossil fuels."

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/aug/03/epa-republicans-tea-party

[GoCubsGo]

1. They can try....

I don't think the author of this article has any understanding of how our government works. For one thing, any legislation defunding the EPA has to pass the Senate and get signed by the President. This is true of any legislation. It will not happen, at least in the current Congress. Also, The EPA does not deal with endangered species, wildlife habitat, or national parks. Those are the responsibility of the Department of the Interior, not the EPA.

[banned from Kos]

2. Perry and Bachmann want to eliminate the EPA altogether

we are in dangerous territory.

[lonestarnot]

3. Something happened to put FAA people back to work yesterday, but I was so busy, I missed what Harry

did there in the Senate to accomplish the task. :shrug:

[lapfog_1]

5. he got a 3 to 4 week extension

they will collect the airline ticket tax and restore the Federal workers... and some private sector (70,000) workers will return. The concern is that many contractors won't bother to come back for 3 weeks of more money.

[LaurenG]

4. If someone doesn't stop them in their tracks soon

they will hold the entire country hostage why they bully their way through their agenda.

[lonestarnot]

6. Something is going to blow soon I have a feeling in my shorts.

:evilgrin:

[LaurenG]

7. I think you should trust your shorts!

I agree with them. :rofl:

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. Zippy? Is that you? Are we having fun yet? nt