Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 12/30/2010 4:58:25 AM PST by tobyhill
In an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, the incoming House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) teamed up with Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, to write that the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases "represents an unconstitutional power grab that will kill millions of jobs -- unless Congress steps in."
Upton and Phillips complain that EPA -- despite the regulatory power given to it in 2007 under a Supreme Court interpretation of the Clean Air Act -- should await the outcome of further litigation about the way EPA is going about exercising that regulatory authority.
They say the two-year delay in the implementation of regulations proposed by some lawmakers might not be long enough. Moreover, they say they disagree with lawmakers who hope Congress will come up with its own regulations in two years. "This presumes that carbon is a problem in need of regulation. We are not convinced," they write.
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
I agree...defund EPA. We need to defund a many programs that use tax dollars to work against us.
Simple solution: Cut the money allocated to EPA salaries by at least a factor of 10.
So Upton, a Member of Congress and the chairman of an important committee, thinks that the EPA's authority is subject, not to Congress, but to the courts?
EPA is a creature of Congress. Any authority it possesses is the result, not of LITIGATION, but of LEGISLATION.
Legislation is Upton's G-D JOB!
If Upton does not have the balls to abolish the EPA, the least he can do is zero out its budget.
"Await the outcome of further litigation" indeed!
Simple solution: Cut the money allocated to EPA salaries by at least a factor of 10.
” defund EPA. We need to defund a many programs that use tax dollars to work against us. “
Bear in mind that at least one Federal Judge found, not too long ago, that it was ‘unconstitutional’ for Congress to defund ACORN...
Given the power and reach of the EPA, and the precedent of the 2007 USSC ruling - there’s a potential Constitutional Crisis in the offing, perhaps....
When the EPA auditor comes around, give her a cup of coffee, hand cuff her and lead her to a detention cell. After three weeks on bread and water, carry her off to Saskatchewan or Alberta and release her on a lonely stretch of road.
I hope the House can do what they said they were going to do.
I hope you are rioght and they defund EPA.This will be a test case for the will of the House Republicans.
” Power of the purse has always been a privilege given to congress “
Agreed - I’m pointing out that ‘defunding’, like most “all-ya-gotta-do” solutions, might take some unexpected twists and/or turns - such as the courts trying to step in and *force* Congress to provide funding....
Then, the question becomes - Does Congress have the cojones to fight this usurpation of power, or will it complete its slide to the status if ‘vestigal organ’??
“EPA is a creature of Congress. Any authority it possesses is the result, not of LITIGATION, but of LEGISLATION.
Legislation is Upton’s G-D JOB!”
Glad you said that. Exactly.
Appears to me Upton is looking for a direction to point the finger of blame rather than do his G-D job.
The new Congress better get going quick to stop not only the EPA power grab, but also the FCC fiat to regulate the Internet. These are both unconstitutional power grabs.
translation: If there are going to be any unconstitutional power grabs, it is going to be us entitled congress critters and not administration bureaucrats doing the grabbing.
Bulldoze it and salt the ground.
Pray for the Tea Congress
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