House Republicans smash their own record for anti-environmental votes

The good news is that Congress is packing up to get out of town for the holidays. And while members can expect to be called back to deal with the payroll tax extension, there is only a limited amount of additional damage they can do to the environment in the first session of the 112th Congress. The bad news is that we still have the second session to deal with.

released Thursday by Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Edward J. Markey and Howard L. Berman, all of them Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. House Republicans, the report states, voted 191 times against environmental protections.

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