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Senators taking on EPA got big cash from coal
Senators taking on EPA got big cash from coal
Jacob Pramuk
Thursday, 19 Nov 2015 | 12:51 PM ET
CNBC.com
Many senators who voted this week to block Obama administration coal regulations received healthy campaign donations from coal industry interest groups in recent years.
On Tuesday, the Senate passed two resolutions to stop Environmental Protection Agency rules by a 52-46 vote. One EPA regulation — the Clean Power Plan — would seek to cut carbon emissions from coal-fired plants, while the other would aim to reduce pollution from new plants.
Senators who voted to scrap the EPA rules received 17 times more campaign funding, on average, from coal interest groups since April 2009 than those who supported them, according to an analysis by money in politics researcher MapLight. The 52 lawmakers took in an average of $75,802 in that period from mining, energy and manufacturing groups, among others.
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The White House on Tuesday said blocking the rules "threatens the health and economic welfare of future generations," adding that President Barack Obama would veto the resolutions. The largely symbolic Senate disapproval comes just days before Obama heads to Paris for international climate policy talks...
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/19/senators-taking-on-epa-got-big-cash-from-coal.html
Jacob Pramuk
Thursday, 19 Nov 2015 | 12:51 PM ET
CNBC.com
Many senators who voted this week to block Obama administration coal regulations received healthy campaign donations from coal industry interest groups in recent years.
On Tuesday, the Senate passed two resolutions to stop Environmental Protection Agency rules by a 52-46 vote. One EPA regulation — the Clean Power Plan — would seek to cut carbon emissions from coal-fired plants, while the other would aim to reduce pollution from new plants.
Senators who voted to scrap the EPA rules received 17 times more campaign funding, on average, from coal interest groups since April 2009 than those who supported them, according to an analysis by money in politics researcher MapLight. The 52 lawmakers took in an average of $75,802 in that period from mining, energy and manufacturing groups, among others.
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The White House on Tuesday said blocking the rules "threatens the health and economic welfare of future generations," adding that President Barack Obama would veto the resolutions. The largely symbolic Senate disapproval comes just days before Obama heads to Paris for international climate policy talks...
The top 10 list is included and headed, unfortunately, by a Dem.
