Bill Moving to Halt EPA Carbon Regs

In the Senate, there's growing support for the measure as well. But instead of an outright ban, the Senate might pass a law that puts the regulations on hold for 2 years. Obama says he'll veto the bill, so it may never see the light of day. A more likely scenario is that Congress would use appropriations bills to target the EPA's efforts to regulate greenhouse gases, defunding that effort specifically instead of barring it. The House version of the spending bill for the rest of 2011 takes that approach; the Senate was silent on that issue in its version of the bill this week.