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Faso votes with Dems again
Mar 31, 2017 12:06 am
Maury Thompson at The Post Star reports that for the second day in a row, Rep. John Faso (R-Kinderhook) broke with Republicans and voted with Democrats in a losing cause on March 29. Faso was one of seven Republicans voting against legislation to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing a rule unless the scientific evidence used as the basis was specifically identified and made available for public review. HR 1430 passed by a 228-194 despite privacy objections. “This bill could negatively impact the EPA’s efforts to make scientifically informed policy decisions,” said Elise Stefanik, another upstate New York representative voting against the measure. Read the full story at The Post Star.