Republicans attack Democrats on EPA proposal with legislation

Published June 3, 2014 8:18pm ET



Republicans wasted no time putting their outrage over the Obama administration’s new regulations cutting power-plant carbon emissions to use, proposing legislation aimed at pushing back at the measure.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday introduced his “Coal Country Protection Act” that would require several benchmarks to be met before the rules could take effect, including:

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