Democrats’ Expected Senate Control Gives New Opening For Biden EPA

Expected victories by the Democratic candidates in a pair of Senate runoffs in Georgia mean the party is poised to wrest narrow control of the upper chamber later this month, likely easing the confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks and softening any Capitol Hill oversight of his environmental agenda. Further, Democratic control of the Senate also makes it more likely that lawmakers can quickly scrap Trump-era rules issued over the past several months under the Congressional Review Act (CRA),...