Senate Democrats nix bid to delay EPA

摘要

Senate Democrats blocked a bid by Republicans late Mondaynto delay Obama administration efforts to regulate greenhousegasnemissions from power plants, oil refineries and other energyintensivenindustries.nSenator Kit Bond, a Missouri Republican, offered a “unanimousnconsent” request under which the Senate would havenimmediately approved a bill to delay implementation of thenEnvironmental Protection Agency’s forthcoming GHG regulationsnby two years.