House Republicans moved to delay an Earth Day vote on a bill that would overhaul the Endangered Species Act, the law that has imposed rules meant to protect imperiled wildlife from extinction for more than 50 years.
Republicans have long sought to amend the ESA, claiming the law has been weaponized by environmentalists and created bureaucratic and legal red tape for infrastructure and slowed economic growth, rather than encouraging species recovery.
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