Congress returns from its August recess with week with House Republicans taking direct aim at several environmental proposals, including the EPA's controversial plan to clarify just what waters it has jurisdiction over under the Clean Water Act.

 

A bill that would prohibit the agency from implementing its plan -- H.R. 5078, Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 - will be considered by the House Rule Committee on Monday and later in the week by the full GOP-controlled House.  While the vote may be helpful to some red-state lawmakers in the upcoming mid-term elections, the legislation probably won't go anywhere in the Senate, where Democrats remain in power, at least for now.  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says the bill could be taken up anytime after Tuesday.

 

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