House GOP says delaying EPA rules better than Obama's jobs plan

By Pete Kasperowicz - 10/04/11 01:31 PM ET

House Republicans on Tuesday afternoon dared President Obama and other Democrats to support two bills that would delay two pending Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules, a move Republicans said would have a more immediate impact on jobs than anything Obama has proposed ...

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/185401-house-gop-says-delaying-epa-rules-better-than-obamas-jobs-plan

Susan Crabtree | October 3, 2011, 6:42PM

The Obama administration is rejecting House GOP leaders' latest attempt to box him into a corner on environmental protections.

Late Monday afternoon the Office of Management and Budget recommended the President veto two bills House Republicans are planning to bring to the floor for a vote later this week.

In a letter to Obama early Monday, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and team touted the EPA Regulatory Relief Act and the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act as two areas of potential common ground with the President's jobs package because both would slash regulations on businesses, which Obama has pledged to reduce.

As written, House Republicans argue that the cement rules threaten to shut down up to 20 percent of the nation's cement manufacturing plants in the next two years, "sending thousands of jobs permanently overseas and driving up cement and construction costs across the country" ...

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/obama-would-veto-latest-gop-assault-on-pollution-controls.php

And, if they kill enough of us, it certainly will.