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Republicans Take Obamacare Strategy to War on Coal
Republicans are repeating their failed Obamacare tactics in dealing with rule-making for coal and greenhouse gases.
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When Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared before the Environmental Protection Agency's listening session on regulating coal plants Thursday, he had two options. Option one: Lay out the conditions that would make new rules easiest for the coal and utility sectors to swallow, and use his authority to nudge the EPA in that direction.
McConnell chose option two: Demonize the agency and obstruct what it's trying to do, while offering nothing in the way of alternatives. The performance was a microcosm of the Republican strategy on coal -- and evidence the party has learned nothing from its losing fight against the Affordable Care Act.