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Originally Posted by Honus
Not true. It could also be by regulation established by the EPA.
Nixon? What does he have to do with E15?
Wrong. It has all sorts of authority. Congress can take the authority away, but until then the EPA has bunches of authority.
Heck no, but today's GOP generally does not expand government by establishing new agencies with names like "Environmental Protection Agency." They do it through all sorts of other ways.
Really? You don't think that we have made progress with the environment over the past 40 years?
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Unless Nixon established the EPA via EO, it went thru congress. There might be a different way to do it but those are the 2 common ways.
Again, I was talking about the formation of the EPA.
Technically, you are right. It has power. Practically, as long as Congress give it power and can take it away, it has no real power of it's own. Make a move congress doesn't like, you are gone. What real power is there?
Point is, I don't believe anything said by a politician of ANY stripe. Only a fool does.
Not sure what your point is. I said "when you weigh all factors in". Gain in 1 point is not good enough if the gain comes at the expense of a lot more.