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U.S. SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY

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Mercury Rule Discharge Petition Filed

Leahy Brings Resolution To Senate Floor

Leahy has not indicated when he will bring the resolution of disapproval to a vote.  He filed the discharge petition today, with more than the requisite 30 signatures.  The resolution of disapproval now goes on the Senate calendar as a privileged matter.

Discharge Petition
(available as pdf)

We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, hereby direct that the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works be discharged from further consideration of S.J.Res. 20, a resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency relating to the delisting of coal and oil-direct utility units from the source category list under the Clean Air Act, and further, that the resolution be placed upon the Legislative Calendar under General Orders.

Senator Leahy                                                              Senator Collins

Senator Jeffords                                                          Senator Snowe

Senator Boxer                                                              Senator Kerry

Senator Biden                                                              Senator Cantwell

Senator Carper                                                            Senator Rockefeller

Senator Corzine                                                          Senator Dayton

Senator Reid                                                                Senator Dodd

Senator Clinton                                                           Senator Durbin

Senator Feingold                                                         Senator Feinstein

Senator Harkin                                                            Senator Kennedy

Senator Kohl                                                               Senator Obama

Senator Lautenberg                                                    Senator Levin

Senator Lieberman                                                     Senator Mikulski 

Senator Murray                                                           Senator Reed

Senator Sarbanes                                                         Senator Schumer

Senator Wyden                                                            Senator Akaka

 
 

 

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