Senators Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins and John McCain joined Democrats in killing drumpf and Big Oil’s attempt to dismantle President Obama’s rule to limit leaks and flaring of methane from oil and gas production on federal lands. By a 51-49 vote the Senate told drumpf to go fuck himself.
“The surprise vote outcome came after Republican leaders scrambled for weeks to secure the 51 votes necessary to pass the Congressional Review Act resolution, which would revoke the rule and prevent any similar regulations from being introduced.
Getting the Trump administration to repeal the BLM methane rule had been a top priority of the oil and gas industry, but not all Republicans supported the measure because it would make it difficult to regulate methane waste in the future.”
It’s still early in reporting but twitter user Warren Rifkin has the skinny.
Could this signal a new coalition of Republicans disgusted by Trump’s abuses with Senate Democrats?
Time will tell...