6 reasons Obama has no fear of the GOP: Lamar Alexander, Kelly Ayotte, Scott Brown, Susan Collins, O. Snowe, Mark Kirk

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Establishment republicans love Obama and want to tax air that "blows across state lines."

11/11/11, "Senate defeats Rand Paul measure to curb EPA pollution rule," The Hill, Geman, Ryan

"The Senate on Thursday blocked Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) bid to kill new EPA power plant pollution rules.

In a 41-56 vote, lawmakers thwarted Paul’s resolution to overturn the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which requires curbs in smog and particulate-forming pollution from plants in 27 states in the eastern half of the country.

Six Republicans voted with Democrats against the resolution. Centrist Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Ben Nelson (Neb.) joined Republicans in voting to overturn the rule.

The six Republicans who voted against the Paul resolution were Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Scott Brown (Mass.), Susan Collins (Maine), Olympia Snowe (Maine) and Mark Kirk (Ill.)....

Paul’s measure may have been hurt by competing proposals that could provide political cover for members to oppose Paul’s effort.

Manchin and Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) are pushing a plan that would delay the compliance deadline by three years

• without nullifying the rule outright.

Alexander is floating legislation with Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) that would keep EPA's cross-state rule in effect and write it into law but give power companies

• an additional year to implement it.

Alexander, on the floor, attacked Paul’s measure, alleging “this is no solution to a serious problem” and arguing it would cost tourism jobs and other industries in his state by stopping cuts in pollution that blows into Tennessee....

President Obama had threatened to veto Paul’s measure."...

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Job One for establishment republicans is to show their contempt for voters who elected them.



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