Majority Leader Cantor is scheduling weekly votes in the House to kill several Obama proposed regulations, which, if allowed to become “rules” will cost millions of jobs.
He released a memo to House Republicans outlining the agenda. Seven of the top ten jobs killers are EPA regulations. His memo must have already had an impact, since President Obama has since asked the EPA to withdraw a proposed stricter ozone rule. The EPA action on ozone was unprecedented, since the Clean Air Act regularly comes under review every five years with the next review due in 2013.
Obama Asks EPA to Pull Ozone Rule
President Barack Obama, citing the struggling economy, asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to withdraw an air-quality rule that Republicans and business groups said would cost millions of jobs.
The surprise move—coming on the same day as a dismal unemployment report—reflected the energy industry’s importance as a rare bright spot in adding U.S. jobs.
The Majority Leader’s memo in full after the jump.
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