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Hill Republicans Leverage CRA To Attack Biden Environment Initiatives

May 18, 2023
Capitol Hill Republicans are ramping up use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) as a tool to attack Biden administration environment and clean energy policies, measures that are unlikely to block any of the policies though they provide other benefits such as bolstering GOP unity and accentuating splits among Democratic constituencies. The series of recent CRA votes shows “a bipartisan majority in a divided Congress recognizes how harmful these regulations are, and importantly, rejected them,” says a Senate Republican aide...


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