The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the midst of finalizing regulations that would require states to cut carbon emissions, and the Obama administration, unsurprisingly, is not happy that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been undermining the agency's authority by telling governors that because the EPA is breaking the law, their new rules can be ignored.
White House spokesman Frank Benenati called McConnell's alternative "an inappropriate and unfounded attempt to dictate state decisions."
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