Schumer Pushes Plan to Ax Trump Methane Rule With Lawmaker Tool

The Senate will consider, as soon as next week, whether to kill a Trump administration methane-emissions rule, in what would be the first time this Congress that the full upper chamber deliberates using its power to overturn regulations.

The Congressional Review Act allows Congress to repeal regulations issued during the waning days of a previous administration. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) discussed using the CRA to roll back the methane rule during a caucus meeting Tuesday, according to a Senate Democratic source who attended the gathering.

The regulation ends limits on methane emissions from new oil and gas wells ...