Democratic attorneys general have launched 80 actions against Trump environmental agenda
The power of the Democratic Party is at or near an all-time nadir, despite rumblings of a blue-wave election in November. In Washington, the GOP controls the White House and both chambers of Congress. Across the country, Republicans sit in two-thirds of all governors’ mansions.
Democrats, however, are exercising what little clout they possess to fight back against the Trump administration on energy and environmental issues.
Through the first 13 months of the Trump administration, state attorneys general from a slew of mostly blue states took at least 80 legal actions against the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back environmental regulations, according to a report released Tuesday by the State Energy and Environment Impact Center.
“We have even more work to do,” Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) told reporters Tuesday. “Not only are they not enforcing the laws, they’re actually working at counter purposes.”
The sheer volume of lawsuits, letters and legal briefings shows how Democratic attorneys general have led the charge against President Trump's deregulatory agenda at a time when the minority party lack the levers of power in Congress needed to issue subpoenas, call hearings or otherwise hold the administration accountable.
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