 republicans go after epa climate change rules president obama and the democrats were unable to pass cap trade legislation when they had control of both houses in congress when they were unable to push their agenda through legislative means they decided to use the power the executive branch and the epa to pass new regulations to accomplish their goals it was just another step in the encroachment on our rights to be governed by the people we elect to office instead of by nonelected bureaucrats in an attempt to reverse this trend the newly elected house republicans have introduced legislation to roll back these restrictive regulations for an analysis from donny shaw at wwwopencongresscom on the subject click on the following story link title  republicans go after epa climate change rules  72  