September 21, 2009 5:30 PM

First Senate GOP Move to Gut EPA

As reported over at the Wonk Room, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R, Alaska) has introduced an amendment to the bill that funds the Interior Department that would prevent EPA from spending any money regulating global warming gases, as explicitly permitted in a 2007 Supreme Court decision.

This is a terrible idea, though effectively on already included in the landmark Waxman/Markey global warming bill that squeaked through the House. We have always known that this attack would come, but it is actually good news that it is done publicly rather than slipped in a side door by unnamed senators.