The Senate voted 92-0 yesterday to allow a floor vote for ">S. J. Res. 20, a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act to reject EPA's mercury rule. A White House Statement of Administration Policy threatens a veto, but Congress Daily is reporting that the White House will probably not need to brandish its veto pen because the Senate is ultimately expected to defeat the CRA resolution when it finally comes to the floor today. The challenged rule would violate the Clean Air Act by failing to require the maximum achievable control technology. The White House pulled out all the stops, even doctoring the science to justify a policy Sen. Leahy has described as follows: "If we ever wondered what a mercury pollution rule would look like if it were written by the polluters, now we know. This is pretty much it." More information on the mercury rule